tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90643539336688883392019-05-18T05:24:33.034-04:00Art in the StudioMaking art in the studio, listening to music or NPR and thinking, all the time thinking. It could be about red versus orange or politics or the world collapsing around us or growing old or (most probably) wondering what to have for dinner.Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-63848137032680900672013-06-09T12:13:00.000-04:002013-06-09T12:13:00.436-04:00Some Artists at the 2013 Encaustic Conference Hotel FairThe hotel fair is an exciting component of the wonderful annual International Encaustic Conference organized by Joanne Mattera with Cherie Mittenthal of the Castle Hill Center for the Arts. We owe a debt of thanks to <a href="http://www.debraramsay.com/">Debra Ramsay</a> and<a href="http://www.cjanepaint.com/"> Cora Jane Glasser</a> for originally introducing what became an integral participatory way for conferees to show actual examples of their work. Real live work is such a treat these days instead of the flattened digital imagery we've all become so used to. (By the way, these images will all enlarge if you click on them.)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6yVR05vlbug/UbSbx5KL-BI/AAAAAAAAGQQ/Bq1MyTUJLLU/s1600/my+work+in+hallway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6yVR05vlbug/UbSbx5KL-BI/AAAAAAAAGQQ/Bq1MyTUJLLU/s400/my+work+in+hallway.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My work in the hallway outside our room<br />at the Provincetown Inn:<br /><i>The Black One</i> and <i>The White One</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I5Fh2xWlgD8/UbSmErnfKgI/AAAAAAAAGV4/ryFLXyg50zE/s1600/The+White+One+and+The+Black+One.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I5Fh2xWlgD8/UbSmErnfKgI/AAAAAAAAGV4/ryFLXyg50zE/s400/The+White+One+and+The+Black+One.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here they are from the other direction:<i> The White One</i> and <i>The Black One</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FKRyLibBcoY/UbScAnEsbNI/AAAAAAAAGQY/e2EzklpV-rg/s1600/Binnie's+work+in+hallway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FKRyLibBcoY/UbScAnEsbNI/AAAAAAAAGQY/e2EzklpV-rg/s400/Binnie's+work+in+hallway.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work by Binnie Birstein outside our room - <i>what lies beneath: reflect </i>(left)&nbsp;and<br /><i>what lies beneath: red line</i>&nbsp;(right)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This year Binnie and I decided to bring some larger work to show in conjunction with our joint book: <i><b>Gesture &amp; Geometry In Material Exploration</b></i>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVk6ri6Ncis/UbSgtygoCmI/AAAAAAAAGSo/9WJP22U9GNc/s1600/PS+bookshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVk6ri6Ncis/UbSgtygoCmI/AAAAAAAAGSo/9WJP22U9GNc/s400/PS+bookshot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />(Still available online for a mere $15. Just click the link in the sidebar to the right of this post.)<br /><br />We also brought the more typical smaller work, as did most of our peers. Here are some photos I took of 22 artists and their work in their hotel rooms. This number is only about 10 percent of those who attended the conference and nearly everyone showed work at the hotel fair. I'm sorry that I was only able to visit a few of the rooms due to time restrictions and I apologize to those I have not included. Maybe next year!<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jwphY3e9H_g/UbSdhQGb4FI/AAAAAAAAGQo/X1NKBSeWH4o/s1600/binnie+work+on+bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jwphY3e9H_g/UbSdhQGb4FI/AAAAAAAAGQo/X1NKBSeWH4o/s400/binnie+work+on+bed.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Binnie Birstein</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HqvL_C-xTMI/UbSdr0LVdOI/AAAAAAAAGQw/EfvggVeSE5U/s1600/my+work+with+mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HqvL_C-xTMI/UbSdr0LVdOI/AAAAAAAAGQw/EfvggVeSE5U/s400/my+work+with+mirror.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy Natale</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OpoETu_17fs/UbSeESV5z-I/AAAAAAAAGQ4/eCEjsH57moY/s1600/post+conf+pix+185.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OpoETu_17fs/UbSeESV5z-I/AAAAAAAAGQ4/eCEjsH57moY/s400/post+conf+pix+185.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rae Miller</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9m-Gwy_Yi_I/UbSeE1a0BQI/AAAAAAAAGRM/PiR1zFD7kac/s1600/post+conf+pix+187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9m-Gwy_Yi_I/UbSeE1a0BQI/AAAAAAAAGRM/PiR1zFD7kac/s400/post+conf+pix+187.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane Guthridge (sorry I caught you blinking, Jane)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-z3aGl19Q4/UbSeEvXW6aI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/63ssfLTCyY0/s1600/post+conf+pix+188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-z3aGl19Q4/UbSeEvXW6aI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/63ssfLTCyY0/s400/post+conf+pix+188.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A work by Jane Guthridge</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NK3skWnWXDY/UbSeFCFin9I/AAAAAAAAGRI/HdE9frd-utM/s1600/post+conf+pix+193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NK3skWnWXDY/UbSeFCFin9I/AAAAAAAAGRI/HdE9frd-utM/s400/post+conf+pix+193.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen Dannelly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qbURHBvXjNQ/UbSeFLirnXI/AAAAAAAAGRQ/Z18KvF3lXzU/s1600/post+conf+pix+194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qbURHBvXjNQ/UbSeFLirnXI/AAAAAAAAGRQ/Z18KvF3lXzU/s400/post+conf+pix+194.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheryl McLure with her innovative art mountain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sgCDcMJP4B8/UbSeFtYydLI/AAAAAAAAGRc/hvwxhwjfmrg/s1600/post+conf+pix+196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sgCDcMJP4B8/UbSeFtYydLI/AAAAAAAAGRc/hvwxhwjfmrg/s400/post+conf+pix+196.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judy Klich</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNdvwpBimeY/UbSeF2QLMfI/AAAAAAAAGRk/YJXGd48rjZY/s1600/post+conf+pix+197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNdvwpBimeY/UbSeF2QLMfI/AAAAAAAAGRk/YJXGd48rjZY/s400/post+conf+pix+197.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Lasch Krevitt<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M8fInGeOla4/UbSfBc0559I/AAAAAAAAGR4/2uWdzZNStPs/s1600/post+conf+pix+199.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M8fInGeOla4/UbSfBc0559I/AAAAAAAAGR4/2uWdzZNStPs/s400/post+conf+pix+199.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A work by Susan Lasch Krevitt</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrokAfNG_2Y/UbSfBtVk3AI/AAAAAAAAGR8/Qtkx1FU_WrA/s1600/post+conf+pix+201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZrokAfNG_2Y/UbSfBtVk3AI/AAAAAAAAGR8/Qtkx1FU_WrA/s400/post+conf+pix+201.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandi Miot's ethereal jellyfish project scrolls</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gQr63szBjoU/UbSfCOOFNJI/AAAAAAAAGSM/-A9m24IS3dE/s1600/post+conf+pix+203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gQr63szBjoU/UbSfCOOFNJI/AAAAAAAAGSM/-A9m24IS3dE/s400/post+conf+pix+203.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sandi Miot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gfXj9K7MAdw/UbSfCB8YZ1I/AAAAAAAAGSU/7f3qZpaqt9I/s1600/post+conf+pix+204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gfXj9K7MAdw/UbSfCB8YZ1I/AAAAAAAAGSU/7f3qZpaqt9I/s400/post+conf+pix+204.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few more of Sandi's jellyfish</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Py62xy-zwbw/UbShT692hAI/AAAAAAAAGSw/glghdq_SzUs/s1600/post+conf+pix+205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Py62xy-zwbw/UbShT692hAI/AAAAAAAAGSw/glghdq_SzUs/s400/post+conf+pix+205.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graceann Warn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFZYUMQfTEQ/UbShUCBe9vI/AAAAAAAAGS0/y4K2blnMzYM/s1600/post+conf+pix+206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFZYUMQfTEQ/UbShUCBe9vI/AAAAAAAAGS0/y4K2blnMzYM/s400/post+conf+pix+206.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look at some work by Graceann (that black and white striped one in the<br />second row is now at home with me thanks to Graceann's generous trade.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mI8qG2yNxGw/UbShT7TTP4I/AAAAAAAAGS8/EbnQ3yvk8vk/s1600/post+conf+pix+207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mI8qG2yNxGw/UbShT7TTP4I/AAAAAAAAGS8/EbnQ3yvk8vk/s400/post+conf+pix+207.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mitchell Visosky</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f_TdlYtZWnI/UbShUig610I/AAAAAAAAGTM/qGdVZwH-ZzQ/s1600/post+conf+pix+209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f_TdlYtZWnI/UbShUig610I/AAAAAAAAGTM/qGdVZwH-ZzQ/s400/post+conf+pix+209.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susanne Arnold</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-49RUtIyE5ck/UbShUnFkkSI/AAAAAAAAGTI/c3H0uLMrBdc/s1600/post+conf+pix+208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-49RUtIyE5ck/UbShUnFkkSI/AAAAAAAAGTI/c3H0uLMrBdc/s400/post+conf+pix+208.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look at Susanne's work</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRHiMzCqcXM/UbSiY75-ZxI/AAAAAAAAGTk/dRpLKCtRgxo/s1600/post+conf+pix+211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRHiMzCqcXM/UbSiY75-ZxI/AAAAAAAAGTk/dRpLKCtRgxo/s400/post+conf+pix+211.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work by Lynda Ray<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YAUtaO9VihU/UbSiY8SOqKI/AAAAAAAAGTo/iJ6aWs25PUU/s1600/post+conf+pix+210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YAUtaO9VihU/UbSiY8SOqKI/AAAAAAAAGTo/iJ6aWs25PUU/s400/post+conf+pix+210.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More Lynda Ray<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwZWPXApH4c/UbSipLfIbkI/AAAAAAAAGTw/aShp-BSE-3w/s1600/Lynda+Ray+work.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwZWPXApH4c/UbSipLfIbkI/AAAAAAAAGTw/aShp-BSE-3w/s400/Lynda+Ray+work.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Lynda Ray work I had my eye on that Joanne scooped. Love it!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sUjjTfpYXxU/UbSip4PreSI/AAAAAAAAGUA/B256h0ebYpo/s1600/post+conf+pix+214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sUjjTfpYXxU/UbSip4PreSI/AAAAAAAAGUA/B256h0ebYpo/s400/post+conf+pix+214.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David A. Clark<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fYKWTO2rfkg/UbSjLM6n3eI/AAAAAAAAGUY/KcAQoNi6Aig/s1600/post+conf+pix+216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fYKWTO2rfkg/UbSjLM6n3eI/AAAAAAAAGUY/KcAQoNi6Aig/s400/post+conf+pix+216.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracey Adams on the right with her work and a friend<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DMPEl-8Jvts/UbSjLM0DQOI/AAAAAAAAGUg/uW_V2nYnotE/s1600/post+conf+pix+217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DMPEl-8Jvts/UbSjLM0DQOI/AAAAAAAAGUg/uW_V2nYnotE/s400/post+conf+pix+217.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah Winiarski<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eWb5C2wWdLA/UbSjLSNPrrI/AAAAAAAAGUc/McDv9Q05c0w/s1600/post+conf+pix+218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eWb5C2wWdLA/UbSjLSNPrrI/AAAAAAAAGUc/McDv9Q05c0w/s400/post+conf+pix+218.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annette Liebling<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJBjhA_8HWg/UbSjLiyeQlI/AAAAAAAAGU0/RA2gTO5HrFY/s1600/post+conf+pix+219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XJBjhA_8HWg/UbSjLiyeQlI/AAAAAAAAGU0/RA2gTO5HrFY/s400/post+conf+pix+219.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michele Thrane<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JXcBXE8F6t4/UbSjL7f4BVI/AAAAAAAAGUw/1tmsgmR1ePU/s1600/post+conf+pix+221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JXcBXE8F6t4/UbSjL7f4BVI/AAAAAAAAGUw/1tmsgmR1ePU/s400/post+conf+pix+221.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane Nodine<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khy5INXFh78/UbSjrYGNLdI/AAAAAAAAGVA/sU-TPqlhCvI/s1600/post+conf+pix+222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khy5INXFh78/UbSjrYGNLdI/AAAAAAAAGVA/sU-TPqlhCvI/s400/post+conf+pix+222.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruth Hiller<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-VD4JPQAQw/UbSjrUuZD5I/AAAAAAAAGVE/s1ptWqQ90Lc/s1600/post+conf+pix+223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6-VD4JPQAQw/UbSjrUuZD5I/AAAAAAAAGVE/s1ptWqQ90Lc/s400/post+conf+pix+223.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installation by Milisa Galazzi<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2704PTk85g/UbSjrV_T4TI/AAAAAAAAGVI/6hAb8gkxhlY/s1600/post+conf+pix+224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2704PTk85g/UbSjrV_T4TI/AAAAAAAAGVI/6hAb8gkxhlY/s400/post+conf+pix+224.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patricia Dusman<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wqEa6NU3hJo/UbSjsMe3-rI/AAAAAAAAGVc/G_wPsVVBPmY/s1600/post+conf+pix+226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wqEa6NU3hJo/UbSjsMe3-rI/AAAAAAAAGVc/G_wPsVVBPmY/s400/post+conf+pix+226.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PjzHzdKVBhQ/UbSjsP4QTEI/AAAAAAAAGVg/yjBQrBWKnEI/s1600/post+conf+pix+225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PjzHzdKVBhQ/UbSjsP4QTEI/AAAAAAAAGVg/yjBQrBWKnEI/s400/post+conf+pix+225.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look at Diana's work</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SpfhQA-QMHs/UbSkVHqGluI/AAAAAAAAGVo/caPbyOwh7Mc/s1600/Binnie's+blox+with+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SpfhQA-QMHs/UbSkVHqGluI/AAAAAAAAGVo/caPbyOwh7Mc/s400/Binnie's+blox+with+view.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And finally, Binnie's stacked blocks with that wonderful view outside.</td></tr></tbody></table>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-4096312619260068152013-05-11T00:42:00.000-04:002013-05-11T10:50:05.689-04:00Career Milestones and Reflections of the PastThis week a lovely review of my January solo show at Arden Gallery was published in the May issue of ART NEWS (pg. 106). The reviewer, a very perceptive critic and excellent writer, was Joanne Silver. Mentioning several works, she really picked up on the nuances in individual pieces and the overall viewpoint of my show, "The Resonance of Time."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XY5nQysT_nA/UY24fXneu9I/AAAAAAAAGNc/y_mw4f-shg8/s1600/Right+Vocabulary+180+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XY5nQysT_nA/UY24fXneu9I/AAAAAAAAGNc/y_mw4f-shg8/s400/Right+Vocabulary+180+cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Right Vocabulary," 2012, 24" x 24", mixed media with tacks and encaustic.<br />This piece appeared with the review in ART NEWS.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Here is a scan of the review that I think you will be able to read if you click to expand the image.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ki-8vxESFHI/UY25S_DE7EI/AAAAAAAAGNk/7-JW-xQsXqs/s1600/Art+News+good+jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ki-8vxESFHI/UY25S_DE7EI/AAAAAAAAGNk/7-JW-xQsXqs/s640/Art+News+good+jpg.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ART NEWS review written by Joanne Silver, published in the May 2013 issue.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Seeing a review of my work in a publication with the status and distribution of ART NEWS was really a thrill. When I first learned that the reviewer was Joanne Silver, I immediately recognized her name. Joanne had written about my work years and years ago, but I couldn't remember the exact details of when it was and what she had written about.<br /><br />Prior to writing a thank-you note to her, I looked through my file of old clippings and reviews to see if I could find anything. There it was--<i>The Boston Herald</i>, Friday, August 27, 1993--twenty years ago! She had written a very nice piece about a show I had called "Evocative Objects: Constructed Paintings" at the Children's Museum in Boston. Most of the pieces in the show incorporated objects I had purchased from the Recycle Shop at the museum. That was such a great place for artists to shop and get cheap materials. The shop sold donations from manufacturers of waste materials, discontinued items, scraps, buttons, dice, plastic chips and who knows what.. You could fill up a big paper bag for $3 or $4 and then figure out how to use it when you got to your studio.<br /><br />Here is the 1993 review written by Joanne Silver from <i>The Boston Herald</i>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hOOdRYI5ceo/UY2_D7QG22I/AAAAAAAAGOI/zzrqPf94nlI/s1600/1993+Recyle+Review+-+Joanne+Silver.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hOOdRYI5ceo/UY2_D7QG22I/AAAAAAAAGOI/zzrqPf94nlI/s400/1993+Recyle+Review+-+Joanne+Silver.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />One item I remember in particular from the Recycle Shop, that I used all the time in my work, was Nerf Javelin handles made from extruded black foam rubber. I loved that stuff and used it in so many ways.<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xQIxwZzb8ig/UY28z8kjbWI/AAAAAAAAGN0/TXaLRWjD9Lk/s1600/Cauldron+180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xQIxwZzb8ig/UY28z8kjbWI/AAAAAAAAGN0/TXaLRWjD9Lk/s400/Cauldron+180.jpg" width="308" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Cauldron" from 1994 or 1995, about 18"x 12", made from Nerf Javelin handles, a found<br />catalytic converter, other things, and, of course, tacks</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jeY20NoAuEQ/UY29dM-PArI/AAAAAAAAGN8/Hull77e_66M/s1600/Cauldron_detail+180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jeY20NoAuEQ/UY29dM-PArI/AAAAAAAAGN8/Hull77e_66M/s400/Cauldron_detail+180.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of "Cauldron"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The piece shown here was a bit more sophisticated than the work I exhibited at the Children's Museum, but the basic look was there--tribal, handmade, dark, hermetic. And this is the work that I looked back on before I started my Running Stitch series (what I showed at Arden Gallery that Joanne Silver reviewed in ART NEWS). At least 15 years had intervened between the two bodies of work, but when I started using recycled and found objects again (and, of course, tacks), I really felt that I had come home to my true self.<br /><br />It does give me a kind of Twilight Zone-ish feeling when I think of those 15 years that I was spinning my wheels making all kinds of paintings, mosaics, collages, sculptures and various styles and genres of art. Of course, nothing is ever wasted when it comes to making art. It all goes into the maw and comes out somehow, maybe years later, but it's in there, percolating.<br /><br />Surprisingly, Joanne Silver wrote back to me to say that she <i>did </i>remember my work from the Children's Museum and had wanted to see what I was doing now. That totally unexpected response shows that art critics, at least the good ones, have long memories and may recall work they have seen and artists' names over long periods of time.<br /><br />Refreshing my memory of the Children's Museum show through this review was like coming face to face with &nbsp;the self I was then through the work I was then making. Imagining at the time that I would have reached the career milestones of representation by a Newbury Street gallery and a review in a national art publication, was way beyond anything I could envision. Maybe I should go through my old files and see what else I can discover about myself by seeing who I used to be and what I used to make.Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-17251755947923579962013-05-08T10:36:00.000-04:002013-05-08T10:36:32.581-04:00Gregory Wright - FORCESGreg Wright, a friend and skilled painter, is currently having a solo show of 18 works in his series, "Forces", at <a href="http://galateafineart.com/">Galatea Fine Art</a> in Boston's South End, running until May 31st.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V0_AJQfxWv8/UYnOBFDH2II/AAAAAAAAGKE/QX6l-LtbPdI/s1600/5+Wright_Synaptic+III+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V0_AJQfxWv8/UYnOBFDH2II/AAAAAAAAGKE/QX6l-LtbPdI/s400/5+Wright_Synaptic+III+detail.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of <i>Synaptic III</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><div><b><span style="color: #666666;">Shifting, Expanding, Creeping, Growing, Intertwining</span></b></div><div>The works are all painted in a grisaille palette of mostly greys, whites and blacks, but despite the overall somber tonality, the marks and forms in the works appear to be actively moving in a lively exploration of space. Those forms represent "the dissemination and movement of information and the unspoken word" but are also unseen forces present throughout life within our bodies and in our souls. Portraying all of this is a weighty challenge, but Greg paints twisting and intertwining organic forms in many shapes and configurations that he imagines in various scenarios. This is a powerful collection of works that draw the viewer in to visual exploration of the dark recesses within the sinewy compositions.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #666666;">Viewing the Exhibition Moving Around the Gallery &nbsp;</b>(be sure to click on the images to enlarge them)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">(Note: I'm sorry for the color differences here and there caused by those yellowish photos being taken by my iPhone. Others were taken with a more-pixelated camera.)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZC5sjab4Ps/UYnRz6gS4GI/AAAAAAAAGKQ/zBpjQ02FtT8/s1600/2+Wright_+Truth+Comes+Out_Synaptic+I+II+III.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bZC5sjab4Ps/UYnRz6gS4GI/AAAAAAAAGKQ/zBpjQ02FtT8/s400/2+Wright_+Truth+Comes+Out_Synaptic+I+II+III.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At right, <i>Synaptic I, II and III,</i> 2011- each 48" x 20,"<br />At left, <i>The Truth Comes Out</i>, 2012, 36" x 30"<br />All painted with encaustic, oil, pigment and shellac on birth panels</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>As we enter the gallery space proper, the three tall <i>Synaptic </i>paintings are on the right and ahead is the slightly more colorful <i>The Truth Comes Out</i>. One of the forces that Greg refers to is synaptic reaction as electrical impulses move through our bodies or across the internet. He is interested in the forces that set off this chain reaction and perpetuate change.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3YXzKU1cAc/UYnT43oK8BI/AAAAAAAAGKc/6T1Hp52eStc/s1600/3+Wright_Synaptics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3YXzKU1cAc/UYnT43oK8BI/AAAAAAAAGKc/6T1Hp52eStc/s400/3+Wright_Synaptics.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<i>Synaptic I, II and III,</i>&nbsp;2011</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LJGOvH2f0JM/UYnUSTUx_BI/AAAAAAAAGKk/DPiPnN-2HHg/s1600/4+Wright_Synaptic+III.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LJGOvH2f0JM/UYnUSTUx_BI/AAAAAAAAGKk/DPiPnN-2HHg/s400/4+Wright_Synaptic+III.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Synaptic III</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VBkgAgRNBoU/UYnUhHPFSQI/AAAAAAAAGKw/sl7jt9GVTts/s1600/6+Wright_+The+Quest_On+Many+Diff+Levels_Truth+Comes+Out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VBkgAgRNBoU/UYnUhHPFSQI/AAAAAAAAGKw/sl7jt9GVTts/s400/6+Wright_+The+Quest_On+Many+Diff+Levels_Truth+Comes+Out.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The side wall of the gallery showing left to right - <i>The Quest</i>, diptych,<br /><i>On Many Different Levels I and II </i>(boxes) and <i>The Truth Comes Out</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #666666;">Dimensional Illusion</span></b></div><div>Seeing these works on the screen,may give the impression that they are actually sculptural, and although they do have some areas where encaustic paint is built up, these are two-dimensional paintings. Hieronymus Bosch is an influence, but where Bosch depicted humanity to comment on social and religious life, Wright's forms are abstractly organic and vaguely familiar but not identifiable. He refers to them as "Baroque-like compositions of beautiful complication."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_i3HRZwTDgU/UYnVcAVLIxI/AAAAAAAAGK8/BDbl-6meeRQ/s1600/7+Wright_+The+Truth+Comes+Out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_i3HRZwTDgU/UYnVcAVLIxI/AAAAAAAAGK8/BDbl-6meeRQ/s400/7+Wright_+The+Truth+Comes+Out.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Truth Comes Out</i>, 2012, 36" x 30"<br />encaustic, oil, pigment and shellac on birth panel</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I think <i>The Truth Comes Out </i>is my favorite piece in the show. It seems to portray an undersea world of seaweed, billowing bubbles, limitless underwater depths and some kind of strange egg shapes. The mostly grey palette has a few cool greens added that enhance the illusion of or allusion to the sea world. Or could this be an imaginary glimpse into the inner workings of the body, not pink and red as we know it, but cooly grey and white with touches of green?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6a4a6iu-fIU/UYnWaPBEk-I/AAAAAAAAGLI/r11RymTYnU8/s1600/8+Wright_Closeup+detail+Truth+Comes+Out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6a4a6iu-fIU/UYnWaPBEk-I/AAAAAAAAGLI/r11RymTYnU8/s400/8+Wright_Closeup+detail+Truth+Comes+Out.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup of <i>The Truth Comes Out<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4YYo1YMSZOM/UYnYXSikVjI/AAAAAAAAGLU/Lhq4JXySP1c/s1600/9+Wright_+On+Many+Diff+Levels+I+and+II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="345" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4YYo1YMSZOM/UYnYXSikVjI/AAAAAAAAGLU/Lhq4JXySP1c/s400/9+Wright_+On+Many+Diff+Levels+I+and+II.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>On Many Different Levels I and II</i>, 2011, each 6" x 6" x 6"<br />encaustic, oil, pigment and shellac on wood</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>These boxes are painted on five sides with a continuously expanding portrayal of forms moving through space and interacting with each other.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fL9EaGj8Yfo/UYpLbtZXPoI/AAAAAAAAGLs/HYLL7Pd5tyU/s1600/10+Wright_The+Quest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fL9EaGj8Yfo/UYpLbtZXPoI/AAAAAAAAGLs/HYLL7Pd5tyU/s400/10+Wright_The+Quest.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Quest,</i> diptych, 2010, each panel 30" x 24"</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8P7mcywL-3M/UYpLzIrDKQI/AAAAAAAAGL0/axf1Skde898/s1600/11+Wright_+One+of+The+Quest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8P7mcywL-3M/UYpLzIrDKQI/AAAAAAAAGL0/axf1Skde898/s400/11+Wright_+One+of+The+Quest.jpg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left panel of <i>The Quest</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div>The forms in this diptych almost take on human shapes tumbling through space, but the forms retain their anonymity as they "morph, combine, and reimerge into something other than their original state."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c_7WEFBMk7U/UYpMzJ2coYI/AAAAAAAAGMA/OQU3nr2NFTo/s1600/12+Wright_Reaching+Out+_Lucid+Moment+I+and+II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c_7WEFBMk7U/UYpMzJ2coYI/AAAAAAAAGMA/OQU3nr2NFTo/s400/12+Wright_Reaching+Out+_Lucid+Moment+I+and+II.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left, <i>Reaching Out</i>, 2010, 36" x 30"<br />Right,<i> Lucid Moment I and II</i>, 2011, each panel 40" x 36"<br />All three painted with encaustic, oil, pigment and shellac on birch panels</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0vywdTYNas/UYpNlyiu7mI/AAAAAAAAGMI/-6g0-RCmYr0/s1600/13+Wright_+Lucid+Moment+I+and+II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="271" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a0vywdTYNas/UYpNlyiu7mI/AAAAAAAAGMI/-6g0-RCmYr0/s400/13+Wright_+Lucid+Moment+I+and+II.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lucid Moment I and II</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KarNS97Bqy8/UYpNvvEg9fI/AAAAAAAAGMQ/JcpYyP8eY68/s1600/14+Wright_+Lucid+Moment+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KarNS97Bqy8/UYpNvvEg9fI/AAAAAAAAGMQ/JcpYyP8eY68/s400/14+Wright_+Lucid+Moment+detail.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lucid Moment I </i>from a closer perspective</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>In the <i>Lucid Moment</i> paintings the scale and shape of the forms change to become larger, more frontally presented and less rounded. Connections between the forms are emphasized by chains of thin links making them into a continuous unit. These works, Wright says, are "about finding clarity or reaching a climax."</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2dgjjwO6LvA/UYpOy03NOHI/AAAAAAAAGMc/n4r1e8Yyq_o/s1600/15+Wright_++Reaching+Out.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2dgjjwO6LvA/UYpOy03NOHI/AAAAAAAAGMc/n4r1e8Yyq_o/s400/15+Wright_++Reaching+Out.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reaching Out</i>, 2010, 36" x 30", encaustic, oil, pigment, and shellac on birth panel</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCTtB_nq1do/UYpPFW6F_uI/AAAAAAAAGMk/Nw1aKnu5u8c/s1600/16+Wright_+Reaching+Out+Detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kCTtB_nq1do/UYpPFW6F_uI/AAAAAAAAGMk/Nw1aKnu5u8c/s400/16+Wright_+Reaching+Out+Detail+1.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Reaching Out</i>, detail</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>This spiderlike or crablike form appears to have burst out of its surroundings as if it is moving forward toward the viewer. The beautifully-textured background seems rock hard while the form itself looks soft but powerfully graceful. Does this depict what Greg refers to as "an awakening in the soul?"&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Moving around the gallery, we come back to a short movable wall that faces a window into the hallway on one side and the gallery on the other.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SJN5ybgiCJU/UYpU-UyFdPI/AAAAAAAAGM0/tRA_X_IaMjo/s1600/17+Wright_+Convergent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SJN5ybgiCJU/UYpU-UyFdPI/AAAAAAAAGM0/tRA_X_IaMjo/s400/17+Wright_+Convergent.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the gallery side of the wall, is a diptych called <i>Convergent</i>, painted on<br />two 18" x 18" panels</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24rJjBPSNyk/UYpVVgYNw8I/AAAAAAAAGM8/utr-DTq4coQ/s1600/18+Wright_+The+Story+Continues.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="366" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24rJjBPSNyk/UYpVVgYNw8I/AAAAAAAAGM8/utr-DTq4coQ/s400/18+Wright_+The+Story+Continues.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While on the window side of the wall, a quadtych of four 10" x 10" panels in<br /><i>The Story Continues</i> promises more to come.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The small panels of <i>The Story Continues</i> contain dramatic contrasts within the individual works, and the central breaking apart of the image reinforces the expansiveness portrayed in <i>Reaching Out</i>. Hidden forces are present in every aspect of our lives and Greg Wright has visualized them for us in a dynamic and fascinating show. I hope people near Boston will be able to see it in person.</div>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-8556201410046980742013-05-06T09:27:00.001-04:002013-05-06T09:34:42.575-04:00Part Three - Salon des Refusés - "RED"Here's another piece rejected from the A Gallery RED show. I think this is a beautiful piece by Donna Hamil Talman, and I know that this ties into her earlier photographic work with bones, archeology and ancestors. Great piece, Donna! I'm accepting it. (Please click to view this larger,)<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fmp65s68yb0/UYevFdeR5lI/AAAAAAAAGJs/IvGQMUh4Qgw/s1600/Talman_Inner_Workings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fmp65s68yb0/UYevFdeR5lI/AAAAAAAAGJs/IvGQMUh4Qgw/s640/Talman_Inner_Workings.jpg" width="216" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donna Hammil Talman, "Inner Workings"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-49446080168455275512013-05-05T12:33:00.000-04:002013-05-05T13:09:58.316-04:00Part Two - Salon des Refusés - "RED"As promised, here are the other submissions of works that were not accepted into the show RED at A Gallery in Provincetown. (Note: some of the artists submitting works here did have other work accepted)<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jr3Ty_evtLI/UYaHgIVtNKI/AAAAAAAAGH4/7c9Px0C57z0/s1600/Leslie+Ford_RED.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jr3Ty_evtLI/UYaHgIVtNKI/AAAAAAAAGH4/7c9Px0C57z0/s400/Leslie+Ford_RED.5.JPG" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leslie Ford - "Red 5"- no info</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2URvNrm-lEg/UYaHqbNuz5I/AAAAAAAAGIA/C1KHncGECZY/s1600/Wallace_Power+of+fusion,+Radiation,convection,conduction,+16+x+16+x+1,+Wax&amp;oil+on+panel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2URvNrm-lEg/UYaHqbNuz5I/AAAAAAAAGIA/C1KHncGECZY/s400/Wallace_Power+of+fusion,+Radiation,convection,conduction,+16+x+16+x+1,+Wax&amp;oil+on+panel.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela Wallace - "Power of Fusion, Radiation, Convection, Conduction", wax and oil<br />on panel, 16" x 16" x 1"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YuUPKxu3tFM/UYaH7LGQglI/AAAAAAAAGII/QTcpyZRf7Hc/s1600/Michelle+Thrane_Villa+of+Mysteries+II.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YuUPKxu3tFM/UYaH7LGQglI/AAAAAAAAGII/QTcpyZRf7Hc/s400/Michelle+Thrane_Villa+of+Mysteries+II.JPG" width="322" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelle Thrane - "Villa of Mysteries II", beeswax, resin and pigment on panel, 20" x 16"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A6TPOd38F1A/UYaIOMkBxvI/AAAAAAAAGIQ/x4tfpHhEP9E/s1600/slaschkrevitt_red_rover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A6TPOd38F1A/UYaIOMkBxvI/AAAAAAAAGIQ/x4tfpHhEP9E/s400/slaschkrevitt_red_rover.jpeg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Lasch Krevitt - "Red Rover", wool, encaustic, oilstick in cigar box lid, <br />10" x 6.5" x .75"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaBfGp74OLk/UYaIko6JngI/AAAAAAAAGIY/UI3N4kQXjBw/s1600/Rae+Miller_Passwords.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZaBfGp74OLk/UYaIko6JngI/AAAAAAAAGIY/UI3N4kQXjBw/s400/Rae+Miller_Passwords.JPG" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rae Miller - "Passwords" - no info</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q55FQD_H3ig/UYaIuOsAWjI/AAAAAAAAGIg/NV3T8EWNtuk/s1600/GonzalezGandolfi.Mapped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q55FQD_H3ig/UYaIuOsAWjI/AAAAAAAAGIg/NV3T8EWNtuk/s400/GonzalezGandolfi.Mapped.jpg" width="191" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi - "Mapped Moves," 2008, &nbsp;encaustic monotype <br />mounted on panel, 25" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FmiqJJFL17Q/UYaI-fDi08I/AAAAAAAAGIo/fdy4J974BmU/s1600/Pat+Spainhour_Red+Wing.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FmiqJJFL17Q/UYaI-fDi08I/AAAAAAAAGIo/fdy4J974BmU/s320/Pat+Spainhour_Red+Wing.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat Spainhour - "Red Wing" - no info</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rY_MLoAvn60/UYaSMuISReI/AAAAAAAAGI4/_JWMNeD92O0/s1600/Chinese+New+Year+Mandala-Frazer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rY_MLoAvn60/UYaSMuISReI/AAAAAAAAGI4/_JWMNeD92O0/s400/Chinese+New+Year+Mandala-Frazer.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karen Frazer - "Chinese New Year Mandala" - no info</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Thanks for submitting, everyone!Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-78933145861553519672013-04-29T22:48:00.000-04:002013-04-29T22:50:49.081-04:00Salon des Refusés - "RED"The works below were submitted for jurying to <a href="http://www.agalleryart.com/Current_Exhibition.html">A Gallery</a> in Provincetown, Mass., for the show <i><span style="color: red;">RED </span></i>but were not accepted. This is an opportunity to view them in another context. To see an online show of works that <i>were </i>accepted, see Debra Claffey's blog <a href="http://debraclaffey.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1sF5Ww6ZPAo/UX8nsJiS6oI/AAAAAAAAGGc/YIiLndDZ2yo/s1600/Dusman_Radius.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1sF5Ww6ZPAo/UX8nsJiS6oI/AAAAAAAAGGc/YIiLndDZ2yo/s400/Dusman_Radius.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patricia Dusman, "Radius," 2013, Encaustic &amp; oil on panel, 24" x 24"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQelYrulP0M/UX8k8GCvB1I/AAAAAAAAGEs/Zc5uuOXlSx8/s1600/Dannelly_Red+Cluster+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQelYrulP0M/UX8k8GCvB1I/AAAAAAAAGEs/Zc5uuOXlSx8/s400/Dannelly_Red+Cluster+.jpg" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helen Dannelly, "Red Cluster," 2013, Paper, encaustic, 14" &nbsp;9" x 7"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7vLJAE0tgnk/UX8lElQAxJI/AAAAAAAAGE0/GMzD_PLYS5Q/s1600/Visoky_Dialogue+in+Red.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7vLJAE0tgnk/UX8lElQAxJI/AAAAAAAAGE0/GMzD_PLYS5Q/s400/Visoky_Dialogue+in+Red.JPG" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mitchell Visoky, "Dialogue in Red"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVSnuGHxUPA/UX8uh2WLi5I/AAAAAAAAGHc/iFQ0ZjGQy00/s1600/Delgavis_Red+Tide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iVSnuGHxUPA/UX8uh2WLi5I/AAAAAAAAGHc/iFQ0ZjGQy00/s400/Delgavis_Red+Tide.jpg" width="197" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Delgavis, &nbsp;"Red Tide," Encaustic and epoxy resin on birch panel, 12" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gbw9Kf0eMXk/UX8ut9DmyUI/AAAAAAAAGHk/tEkmf_n4lGM/s1600/Cordner_tall+red+24x12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gbw9Kf0eMXk/UX8ut9DmyUI/AAAAAAAAGHk/tEkmf_n4lGM/s400/Cordner_tall+red+24x12.JPG" width="198" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda Cordner, "Tall Red," Encaustic on board, 24" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kx8xhkp4pA4/UX8lMEcFQrI/AAAAAAAAGE8/IkKuT8S3mRY/s1600/Leiblein_Inventory+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kx8xhkp4pA4/UX8lMEcFQrI/AAAAAAAAGE8/IkKuT8S3mRY/s400/Leiblein_Inventory+1.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annette DeLucia Lieblein, "Inventory I," 12" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0W_04Md5YDI/UX8lXKvhN6I/AAAAAAAAGFE/7QIHOmKsrtU/s1600/Bemis_TempleCourt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0W_04Md5YDI/UX8lXKvhN6I/AAAAAAAAGFE/7QIHOmKsrtU/s400/Bemis_TempleCourt.jpg" width="397" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawna Bemis, "Temple Court," Encaustic, encaustic monotypes, pharmaceutical inserts<br />and newsprint on steel, 24" x 24"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju-2gOM7bQ8/UX8lfFZnTRI/AAAAAAAAGFM/z9S-wA2VkH0/s1600/Mcclure_Bands-36x24x2-encaustic-oil-panel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju-2gOM7bQ8/UX8lfFZnTRI/AAAAAAAAGFM/z9S-wA2VkH0/s400/Mcclure_Bands-36x24x2-encaustic-oil-panel.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheryl McClure, "Bands," Encaustic and oil on panel, 36" x 24" x 2"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-amv9C-gE0AM/UX8lnDJQU8I/AAAAAAAAGFU/v_wu6Us5ksI/s1600/Cosgrove_7+bunches+of+red+berries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-amv9C-gE0AM/UX8lnDJQU8I/AAAAAAAAGFU/v_wu6Us5ksI/s400/Cosgrove_7+bunches+of+red+berries.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kathleen Cosgrove, "7 Bunches of Red Berries"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hHSE_WGWhOM/UX8kXKAmA0I/AAAAAAAAGEM/rdsHST2Hf5g/s1600/Cochran_WarmingUp_encausticcollagraph_28x16_2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hHSE_WGWhOM/UX8kXKAmA0I/AAAAAAAAGEM/rdsHST2Hf5g/s400/Cochran_WarmingUp_encausticcollagraph_28x16_2.jpeg" width="157" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dorothy Cochran, "Warming Up", Encaustic collagraph, 28" x 16"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CcMaJUa5pRw/UX8lydbONoI/AAAAAAAAGFc/sH2TIMOobt0/s1600/Winiarski_For+Du+Fu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="337" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CcMaJUa5pRw/UX8lydbONoI/AAAAAAAAGFc/sH2TIMOobt0/s400/Winiarski_For+Du+Fu.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deborah Winiarski, "For Du Fu," 2012, Encaustic, papers, oil on cradled panel,<br />24" x 28 1/2" x 2"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yzlyYjGKyX0/UX8k0cb8QII/AAAAAAAAGEk/WDf4RTkwe60/s1600/Clark_David+A_RED%25231Encaustic+Monoprint+on+Rives+BFK_27Hx21Wx2D+Framed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yzlyYjGKyX0/UX8k0cb8QII/AAAAAAAAGEk/WDf4RTkwe60/s400/Clark_David+A_RED%25231Encaustic+Monoprint+on+Rives+BFK_27Hx21Wx2D+Framed.jpg" width="296" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">David A. Clark, "Red #1," 2013, Encaustic monoprint on Rives BFK, 24" x 18"</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N6nHr719jGs/UX8l7ynXosI/AAAAAAAAGFk/UtSaTv-Ck4g/s1600/Klich_Naked+Ladies_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N6nHr719jGs/UX8l7ynXosI/AAAAAAAAGFk/UtSaTv-Ck4g/s400/Klich_Naked+Ladies_1920.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judy Klich, "Naked Ladies," 2013, Encaustic, 16" x 20"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xvyt_xHRkFU/UX8mDVTrAqI/AAAAAAAAGFs/Q2z4KN_yb54/s1600/Ross_Red+Weave(diptych)_RED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xvyt_xHRkFU/UX8mDVTrAqI/AAAAAAAAGFs/Q2z4KN_yb54/s400/Ross_Red+Weave(diptych)_RED.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joan Stuart Ross, "Red Weave (diptych)," Encaustic and collage on panel, 8" x 16"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--_CSddpObms/UX8mLSeNRUI/AAAAAAAAGF0/k7DHnSCS1Gk/s1600/Ray_AzureLand_Encausticncaustic18x24x1+(600x455).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="302" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--_CSddpObms/UX8mLSeNRUI/AAAAAAAAGF0/k7DHnSCS1Gk/s400/Ray_AzureLand_Encausticncaustic18x24x1+(600x455).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynda Ray, "Azure Land," Encaustic, 18" x 24" x 1"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wIVliAXIwqY/UX8nCKtPc0I/AAAAAAAAGGE/UKEKRr1U-P8/s1600/Natale_Texas+Pete+180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wIVliAXIwqY/UX8nCKtPc0I/AAAAAAAAGGE/UKEKRr1U-P8/s400/Natale_Texas+Pete+180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy Natale, "Texas Pete," 2013, Encaustic and mixed media, 14" x 14"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0O78oyQXf34/UX8nTWMRPAI/AAAAAAAAGGM/VPVGm9SgMi4/s1600/billie_drumming+twins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0O78oyQXf34/UX8nTWMRPAI/AAAAAAAAGGM/VPVGm9SgMi4/s400/billie_drumming+twins.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Billie, "Drumming Twins," Wax, burnt wood, bone beads,<br />handmade rope on panel, 23 1/4" x 23 1/4" x 6"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZOwYfirLaM/UX8ndigPvsI/AAAAAAAAGGU/knb77wxI1zA/s1600/Pressman_The+Wall.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZOwYfirLaM/UX8ndigPvsI/AAAAAAAAGGU/knb77wxI1zA/s400/Pressman_The+Wall.JPG" width="397" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lisa Pressman, "The Well 3," 2013, 12" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Note that the RED show is being exhibited in conjunction with the Seventh Annual International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts, that will run from May 31 - June 2, 2013. <a href="http://encausticconference.blogspot.com/">Here's </a>the link to the conference blog.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />Comments are welcome!Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-66155322410090495912013-04-07T16:01:00.002-04:002013-04-07T21:15:02.193-04:00Up on the Farm<div>What a wonderful excursion Bonnie and I had yesterday at the new home of Sidehill Farm in Hawley, Massachusetts. Saturday was opening day for the Farm Shop and the occasion for tours of the new buildings. I know this blog is supposed to be about art, but I took a day off from the studio and I wanted to share my experience with you. (Be sure to click on the pictures to enlarge them.)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ksf7EcUX9vY/UWHP9cYzOpI/AAAAAAAAGB0/0sK-RWRi0rw/s1600/Patting+Sylvie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ksf7EcUX9vY/UWHP9cYzOpI/AAAAAAAAGB0/0sK-RWRi0rw/s400/Patting+Sylvie.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patting the great Sylvie. No, she is not a meanie, but she does have a fierce look.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The New Farm</span></b></div><div><a href="http://www.sidehillfarm.net/index.html">Sidehill Farm</a> relocated from Ashfield, Mass. to their present home, the former Donovan Farm, a 225-acre, stunningly beautiful property at the very top of Hawley, at an elevation of 1830 feet. It was once the largest certified organic farm in Massachusetts and the source of Donovan's organic potatoes. It's a high, open area with a totally visible sky unblocked by trees or buildings. Here's how Amy, one of the owners of Sidehill and an excellent writer, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SidehillFarmYogurt?fref=ts">describes</a> the property:</div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #990000;">Gently rolling fields of waving grass and a sky that stretches from sunrise to sunset every single day. Such sky we don't see often in our hilltowns - but this is sky where the day is two hours longer than you thought it was. You can bale hay by moonlight. The frogs sing from the pond to keep you company in those late hours, filling that starry sky with their songs that by day are drowned by birds. And different birds! Not our familiar treetop songbirds, but grassland birds swooping behind the tractors, snatching insects from the windrows of hay - bobolinks, barn swallows, redwing blackbirds, killdeer.</span><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wp3ZyqL51o/UWHQJMKHRfI/AAAAAAAAGB8/W0NQLFSSjJc/s1600/View+down+the+mountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="297" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wp3ZyqL51o/UWHQJMKHRfI/AAAAAAAAGB8/W0NQLFSSjJc/s400/View+down+the+mountain.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view "down the mountain" just outside the Farm Shop. In the distance, if you know just<br />where to look, you can see Mt. Monadnock in New Hampshire.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LzbrV9K12pw/UWDquy4CO7I/AAAAAAAAF8c/M5c62mkqeAE/s1600/snow+piles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LzbrV9K12pw/UWDquy4CO7I/AAAAAAAAF8c/M5c62mkqeAE/s400/snow+piles.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabulously beautiful but still really cold with winds sweeping across the open spaces and snow still lingering.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">Our Personal History With This Area</span></b><br />More than a dozen years ago, Bonnie and I moved to western Massachusetts. For the first five-plus years we lived in the town of Ashfield, one of the hilltowns in the Pioneer Valley, population less than 1800 people spread over 40 square miles, elevation about 1400 feet. One town over from Ashfield is Hawley, population less than 400 people, area about 30 square miles, elevation 1700-plus feet. I've written about this area before <a href="http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/2009/03/scenic-driving.html">here </a>and even included photos of what-was-then the Donovan farm in that post. We knew Sidehill Farm when it was in Ashfield and we used to get fresh vegetables every week as well as raw milk, sometimes grass-fed beef, and, when they started making it, yogurt.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1CvkLIS7mJo/UWDsLLEPbqI/AAAAAAAAF8k/VanZKcd7uLk/s1600/sidehill+farm+yogurt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1CvkLIS7mJo/UWDsLLEPbqI/AAAAAAAAF8k/VanZKcd7uLk/s400/sidehill+farm+yogurt.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sidehill Farm yogurt &nbsp;- once available only locally but now being distributed in eastern Mass. as well</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Dairy Herd</span></b><br />This wonderful yogurt is produced from the rich milk of two breeds of grass-fed cows at Sidehill - Normande and Jersey. The Normandes are big, mostly piebald cows with distinctive rings or spectacles around their eyes. They are raised for both their rich milk and for beef. This breed is originally from the Normandy region of France and does not have a history of being grain fed as many American breeds do. The Jerseys are much smaller, more uniformly brown with large, dark eyes, and are originally from the Isle of Jersey off the coast of England.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7Pn1RzZ448/UWDujL6oU-I/AAAAAAAAF8s/eDkbt5vQMj4/s1600/sylvie+again.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7Pn1RzZ448/UWDujL6oU-I/AAAAAAAAF8s/eDkbt5vQMj4/s400/sylvie+again.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The brown cow on the left (with head cropped) is a Jersey and the beauty on the right is Sylvie, a Normande.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZypwSH12AY/UWDu5U-9lVI/AAAAAAAAF80/J3Xa_Y-yZSU/s1600/Goliath+&amp;+Balsam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZypwSH12AY/UWDu5U-9lVI/AAAAAAAAF80/J3Xa_Y-yZSU/s400/Goliath+&amp;+Balsam.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are the two breeds as calves - left, Balsam, a Jersey, and right, Goliath, a Normande. These two were born at the beginning of March.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Tour</span></b></div><div>Led by &nbsp;intrepid co-owner Paul, wearing a sequined, hot pink hat that he had donned to "channel his inner girl" for an earlier task, we set out down the very open road to the new cluster of buildings where the yogurt will soon be made and where the cows are already settled in.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQlTosYW_2c/UWDyx146AUI/AAAAAAAAF9I/BjwdglCM2yY/s1600/Farm+shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQlTosYW_2c/UWDyx146AUI/AAAAAAAAF9I/BjwdglCM2yY/s400/Farm+shop.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We started the tour at the new farm shop, where yogurt, raw milk, paneer, beef and other goods are sold.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAZtzHqv1Cc/UWDyM-yXW0I/AAAAAAAAF9A/GKXDS6vrLIk/s1600/Our+intrepid+guide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAZtzHqv1Cc/UWDyM-yXW0I/AAAAAAAAF9A/GKXDS6vrLIk/s400/Our+intrepid+guide.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tour guide Paul in his charming chapeau at the start of the tour</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CEtXp5yJJzY/UWDzGV615CI/AAAAAAAAF9Q/8XGi_aG-iu4/s1600/distance+view+of+prod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CEtXp5yJJzY/UWDzGV615CI/AAAAAAAAF9Q/8XGi_aG-iu4/s400/distance+view+of+prod.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The creamery and cow barn in the distance. It was such a blue sky day although a freezing cold wind was blowing.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBzYA_v0jEs/UWDzj6E8upI/AAAAAAAAF9c/fot37bexXsI/s1600/Creamery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBzYA_v0jEs/UWDzj6E8upI/AAAAAAAAF9c/fot37bexXsI/s400/Creamery.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our tour group entering the creamery building.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K7pwCMZeZIg/UWDzuicAFAI/AAAAAAAAF9k/kH8G00FxFb8/s1600/In+creamery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K7pwCMZeZIg/UWDzuicAFAI/AAAAAAAAF9k/kH8G00FxFb8/s400/In+creamery.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the creamery with Paul pointing out the new equipment.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br />Yogurt is still being made at the former location in Ashfield for a couple of weeks while final work is completed here. These buildings were just begun last fall and constructed in December. You can see some in-process photos on Sidehill Farm's Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SidehillFarmYogurt?fref=ts">here</a>.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXyZkGeIHn8/UWD0wemRFaI/AAAAAAAAF9s/Y188dyqCzW8/s1600/Jacketed+tanks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXyZkGeIHn8/UWD0wemRFaI/AAAAAAAAF9s/Y188dyqCzW8/s400/Jacketed+tanks.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The jacketed tanks where yogurt will be made.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />The milk inside the tanks will be heated to 185 degrees by hot water (heated by solar) in the jackets to pasteurize it. After using the heated water here, it will flow through pipes in the floor to heat the creamery! &nbsp;Owners Amy and Paul have put so much forethought and planning &nbsp;into this property that it's inspirational.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once the probiotic cultures are added to the heated milk, it will be moved to the heating room to firm up into yogurt.. This only takes a day.<br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HVDv1VcZ4t8/UWD2MJMGtnI/AAAAAAAAF90/pk6gDH5r8ng/s1600/wall+heater+in+culture+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HVDv1VcZ4t8/UWD2MJMGtnI/AAAAAAAAF90/pk6gDH5r8ng/s400/wall+heater+in+culture+room.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wall heater in the still to be completed heating room.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />There is also a huge walk-in refrigerator where the yogurt will be stored and much more equipment yet to install.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--MdPxJFaKPY/UWD23eFMWzI/AAAAAAAAF98/Z8zySUOomK4/s1600/view+of+cowbarn+from+creamery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--MdPxJFaKPY/UWD23eFMWzI/AAAAAAAAF98/Z8zySUOomK4/s400/view+of+cowbarn+from+creamery.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of attached cowbarn from the creamery.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>There were two more important rooms to see before we joined the cows in the barn. First, the milk room, where milk from the milking parlor is collected in tanks. One tank will be for raw milk and the other for yogurt.</div><div><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Jc6CyDCO9I/UWD3Vs3HMoI/AAAAAAAAF-E/Lx6PJbdLdBk/s1600/Paul+in+milk+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Jc6CyDCO9I/UWD3Vs3HMoI/AAAAAAAAF-E/Lx6PJbdLdBk/s400/Paul+in+milk+room.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Paul in the milk room answering our questions about how things work.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">Cow Info For Those Not In The Know</span></b><br />Our questions were not about how the equipment worked, but how the cows worked. For example:<br /><br /><span style="color: #990000;">When are cows bred so that they will calf at a certain time of year? </span>The gestation period is about 10 months for cows. Now that Amy and Paul have an indoor location and plenty of room for calves, they will begin breeding cows to calf in January instead of March.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;">How do you feed the calves and still get milk from the cows?</span></div><div>Nurse cows can feed seven or eight calves. Cows have been bred to give so much milk that it's more than one calf could possibly need. Nurse cows are cows that are more adaptable to suckling calves or they are cows whose milk has not developed the qualities needed for processing after calving but which is fine for calves. Calves are not fed from bottles when nurse cows are not available but from buckets with four or five nipples.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;">How many milk cows do you have at one time?</span></div><div>About 22.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;">How long do cows give milk/what is their lifespan?</span></div><div>Depending on the cow, usually about 14 years but sometimes as long as 20.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;">How long does it take to milk a cow/your herd?</span></div><div>Cows vary from about five to 15 minutes for milking. It takes about an hour and a half to milk all the cows.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Milking Parlor</span></b><br />That has such a luxurious ring to it, doesn't it? Like the cows are all lounging around on chaises and sofas thinking about giving milk when they get around to it. However, I have been receiving Amy's wonderful periodic email updates about goings-on at the farm, and I know that the milking parlor and everything else connected with dairying is really no bovine literary salon.<br /><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WfrC_xhEC_Y/UWF5bcmZypI/AAAAAAAAF-U/32Es1D3cwww/s1600/Milking+station.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WfrC_xhEC_Y/UWF5bcmZypI/AAAAAAAAF-U/32Es1D3cwww/s400/Milking+station.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of four milking stations. Each station serves two cows at a time.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This was really fascinating. That concrete step in the photo above is 14" high and the cows actually step up there on either side of that rounded railing. Sounds unlikely but it does work. That height of 14" is determined by the appropriate height for the person doing the milking, as you will see later.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUlbzEGRdr0/UWF56aYRhfI/AAAAAAAAF-c/yIGRehmx8w4/s1600/Amy+showing+cow+posture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yUlbzEGRdr0/UWF56aYRhfI/AAAAAAAAF-c/yIGRehmx8w4/s400/Amy+showing+cow+posture.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy showing how the cows stand when being milked.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The cows are let into the parlor from the adjacent barn three at a time through a door at the right operated by a a handle hanging from the ceiling (you can see it in the top left quadrant of this photo). A cow steps up on the platform and then puts her head through a gate that locks her head in place. The cow is busied with a tasty sample of grain to keep her occupied.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KkJlqm8RPAg/UWF7f_NrBiI/AAAAAAAAF-k/CoOoKttt9Co/s1600/Amy+with+stool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KkJlqm8RPAg/UWF7f_NrBiI/AAAAAAAAF-k/CoOoKttt9Co/s400/Amy+with+stool.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy is standing at the milking apparatus and about to sit on the swiveling white stool behind her. The little girl in pink boots is standing where a cow would stand, so there would be one cow to the left of Amy and one to the right.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1NtWfw5QXnE/UWF7xLKj7ZI/AAAAAAAAF-s/F56ywZ6y8Oo/s1600/Amy+with+milking+attachment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1NtWfw5QXnE/UWF7xLKj7ZI/AAAAAAAAF-s/F56ywZ6y8Oo/s400/Amy+with+milking+attachment.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy showing the actual milking gear that attaches to the cow's teats (four).</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Milk is pumped from the cows into tubing that moves the milk into sealed vats in the milk room. This milking system can tell when a cow's milk has all been pumped and the pumping action will stop automatically. Once a cow is finished being milked, the milker releases the gate holding her head and the cow walks to the right where a second door to the cowbarn is opened to let the cow out. It sounds like a smooth operation but apparently cows have ideas of their own about how smoothly things will go depending on - whatever cows depend on.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Cowbarn</span></b><br />Walking out the door to the barn from the milking parlor is like stepping outside because of the beautiful light from the ceiling/roof that is covered by a special fabric that is impermeable to rain and snow and casts a softly glowing light over the huge area of the barn. It also smells wonderful - like fresh hay - and you'll see why as you keep reading.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7rVO5_Kt9Ws/UWGk5Hf8N_I/AAAAAAAAF-8/xuVjwqHwlP8/s1600/Roof+trusses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7rVO5_Kt9Ws/UWGk5Hf8N_I/AAAAAAAAF-8/xuVjwqHwlP8/s400/Roof+trusses.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roof trusses that hold the fabric in place</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vJgnua2jyDU/UWGmAaFJYDI/AAAAAAAAF_E/-pd1pcbWX9I/s1600/NN+with+cows+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vJgnua2jyDU/UWGmAaFJYDI/AAAAAAAAF_E/-pd1pcbWX9I/s400/NN+with+cows+2.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, this is just one side of the barn and there is a whole giant area behind the<br />camera where the calves are kept. This barn is ginormous.</td></tr></tbody></table>There are a couple of other unusual features about this barn. First of all, the giant windows that also let in light, the fact that there are no stalls and the cows are free to roam around (mostly) and hang out with each other and the floor that is filled with bedding. The floor is covered in hay - three giant bales of it a day - and the layers continue to build up as the winter goes on. Amy said that after an entire winter, the piled up hay could actually be about four feet deep! Underneath the top layers, the bottom layers get compacted and the used hay and cow poop begin to break down into compost. The floor is cushy, warm and great bedding. In spring (if it ever arrives) when the cows can go out to pasture once the grass starts growing, the entire floor will be shoveled up and put out to compost on the fields.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5WF9pz5wC0/UWGsRopm9-I/AAAAAAAAF_M/eMmsyxnkJpY/s1600/Floor+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5WF9pz5wC0/UWGsRopm9-I/AAAAAAAAF_M/eMmsyxnkJpY/s400/Floor+closeup.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the bedding floor</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Why is this so good besides the great features above? Because it saves our watershed. Amy said that their farm is at the very top of a watershed that runs all the way to Long Island, NY! By not making runoff from cow poop, Sidehill Farm is saving that watershed from pollution. Imagine if this practice was followed by many more farms so that we wouldn't have the stinking giant poop mountains or lakes that the usual farms have.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Show Us The Cows</span></b><br />OK, here are the cow pix.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FhZqHSXBV8c/UWGs4CRl68I/AAAAAAAAF_U/b8ms3b2oJWs/s1600/Black+and+white+Normande.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FhZqHSXBV8c/UWGs4CRl68I/AAAAAAAAF_U/b8ms3b2oJWs/s400/Black+and+white+Normande.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A black and white Normande with a Jersey pal. I wish I could tell you the names of these cows because all the names are so imaginative and downright funny. The calves are named generationally after their mothers, so that Christmas is the calf of Thanksgiving and so forth.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gOWrg7HMIIg/UWGtXN1iSiI/AAAAAAAAF_c/gmxBeEd3hz0/s1600/Jersey+cow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gOWrg7HMIIg/UWGtXN1iSiI/AAAAAAAAF_c/gmxBeEd3hz0/s400/Jersey+cow.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty Jersey girl. (Way better looking than any of the girls from that reality show.)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TSO8OwStaTY/UWGtv9JDx2I/AAAAAAAAF_k/erJ2Ku7cONI/s1600/jersey+cows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TSO8OwStaTY/UWGtv9JDx2I/AAAAAAAAF_k/erJ2Ku7cONI/s400/jersey+cows.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gentle and curious Jerseys surrounding a visitor who didn't mind getting his knees dirty.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4qII9xPI62k/UWGuC6RZvrI/AAAAAAAAF_s/PvgaWERjxFE/s1600/Showing+spectacles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4qII9xPI62k/UWGuC6RZvrI/AAAAAAAAF_s/PvgaWERjxFE/s400/Showing+spectacles.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The distinctive "spectacles" on a white-faced Normande. Notice how full her udder is getting.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iwhRIhr_Pps/UWGuTY5tFvI/AAAAAAAAF_0/OlizokNyWL8/s1600/Sylvie+giving+the+eye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iwhRIhr_Pps/UWGuTY5tFvI/AAAAAAAAF_0/OlizokNyWL8/s400/Sylvie+giving+the+eye.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wonderful Sylvie giving me the eye. Note her horns that had to be cut because<br />they kept growing and were aiming into her head.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ALIW-h-2SCc/UWGunsm1ZII/AAAAAAAAF_8/-0lTdzWxkjM/s1600/The+Boys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ALIW-h-2SCc/UWGunsm1ZII/AAAAAAAAF_8/-0lTdzWxkjM/s400/The+Boys.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are the young bulls and the cows that are not milking/haven't calved yet. Notice<br />that the only thing keeping them away from the others are those two thin wires. Those <br />wires&nbsp;are electrified but apparently the "fence" doesn't always <br />keep the boys on their side of the barn if they want<br />to check things out on the girls' side.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAEeEfX8Hn8/UWGvTdqyGUI/AAAAAAAAGAE/H_HRQiTJm20/s1600/cow+with+saltlick+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAEeEfX8Hn8/UWGvTdqyGUI/AAAAAAAAGAE/H_HRQiTJm20/s400/cow+with+saltlick+2.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a cow enjoying the saltlick and minerals that are kept unpooped-on in this <br />rubber-topped&nbsp;floor container. There are a few of these containers around and the cows use them continually.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-upUtBqDVpAM/UWGv50H04MI/AAAAAAAAGAM/UGhD4QYnpSs/s1600/Kid+with+calves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-upUtBqDVpAM/UWGv50H04MI/AAAAAAAAGAM/UGhD4QYnpSs/s400/Kid+with+calves.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A child viewing some of the calves</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9SKQRqF_zN8/UWGwDvjbMnI/AAAAAAAAGAU/-H5dltLbBwc/s1600/newest+calf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9SKQRqF_zN8/UWGwDvjbMnI/AAAAAAAAGAU/-H5dltLbBwc/s400/newest+calf.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The youngest calf, born just three days earlier. The calves are kept in enclosures by age <br />with older&nbsp;calves in one pen and the youngest kept by themselves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WN4gqCbhB0Y/UWGyB6bWB2I/AAAAAAAAGAc/HQxlvIu9zho/s1600/Two+calves+&amp;+two+breeds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WN4gqCbhB0Y/UWGyB6bWB2I/AAAAAAAAGAc/HQxlvIu9zho/s400/Two+calves+&amp;+two+breeds.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two older calves - Jersey and Normande, respectively.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Equipment</span></b><br />Farms are full of the greatest machines. Being a city slicker type, I have no idea what most of them do. Here is one that was pointed out to me - the bale chopper. This is what is used to go into the field behind the old cemetery on the farm (see my 2009 post <a href="http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/2009/03/scenic-driving.html">here</a>), pick up one of the giant, plastic-wrapped bales of hay, bring it back to the barn, unwrap it and then chop up the hay so it can be spread on the bedding floor.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb5EqgQ1w_Y/UWGzFtesA9I/AAAAAAAAGAk/NyTQ0eTc61g/s1600/bale+chopper+with+bale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nb5EqgQ1w_Y/UWGzFtesA9I/AAAAAAAAGAk/NyTQ0eTc61g/s400/bale+chopper+with+bale.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chugging down the road with a speared bale on the way to the barn.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D0ojttULFcY/UWGzQ520tkI/AAAAAAAAGAs/atHJtSqGjC4/s1600/Bale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D0ojttULFcY/UWGzQ520tkI/AAAAAAAAGAs/atHJtSqGjC4/s400/Bale.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An unwrapped bale prior to chopping.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w8Ez22oOk8Y/UWGzbMiGrfI/AAAAAAAAGA0/cYonLu_K8kw/s1600/Bale+chopper+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w8Ez22oOk8Y/UWGzbMiGrfI/AAAAAAAAGA0/cYonLu_K8kw/s400/Bale+chopper+closeup.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the bale chopper.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Finally, I couldn't resist taking a photo of this wonderful blue tractor against the red barn.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dq1a3dqgKes/UWGzqDjLDwI/AAAAAAAAGA8/tAVma4Fyjy0/s1600/Blue+tractor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dq1a3dqgKes/UWGzqDjLDwI/AAAAAAAAGA8/tAVma4Fyjy0/s400/Blue+tractor.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A color study</td></tr></tbody></table><br />All I can say is that after this life, if I come back as a cow, I know where I want to end up - Sidehill Farm.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqgiU8wXLdE/UWGz-4ZoVRI/AAAAAAAAGBE/QqWeMFIRPSw/s1600/Happy+as+a+clam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqgiU8wXLdE/UWGz-4ZoVRI/AAAAAAAAGBE/QqWeMFIRPSw/s400/Happy+as+a+clam.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><br />But while we're all still in this life, don't forget to look for the great Sidehill Farm yogurt at Whole Foods, farmstands, CSAs and farmers' markets near you (<a href="http://www.sidehillfarm.net/dairy/buy.html">here's </a>a list from their website). It is guaranteed (at least by me) to be the best yogurt you have ever tasted. After learning all this about how carefully their cows are fed and treated, I understand even more how they make the fabulous product they do. Believe me, it's like eating ice cream, only better for you.Try it, you'll LOVE it!<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C2nr4qYG810/UWG13H65OVI/AAAAAAAAGBM/bmVgVm6tSrg/s1600/Inside+our+refrigerator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C2nr4qYG810/UWG13H65OVI/AAAAAAAAGBM/bmVgVm6tSrg/s400/Inside+our+refrigerator.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside our refrigerator.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div><div><br /></div>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-39980280833574031722013-02-13T23:08:00.000-05:002013-02-15T10:50:55.948-05:00Anatsui in New York, January 2013 #2: Jack Shainman GalleryIn New York, El Anatsui shows at <a href="http://www.jackshainman.com/exhibition137.html">Jack Shainman Gallery</a> on West 20th Street in Chelsea. It's a great space with several large rooms, all white walls and ceiling, pale grey floors, and an open layout that lets you see a couple of rooms at once. It makes a very pristine backdrop for this work and emphasizes the strong color in the materials.<br /><br />(The materials used in this work are discarded plastic wrappings from liquor bottles along with thin copper wire. If you use the search feature in my blog for Anatsui, you will find many previous posts about him with a lot of information, but <a href="http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/04/el-anatsui-at-davis-museum-wellesley.html">here </a>is one about his show at Wellesley College that covers a lot of ground.)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D2RK369Tx24/URw8Nsht8VI/AAAAAAAAF2A/spfH21pECIQ/s1600/2012potofwisdomi-+installation+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D2RK369Tx24/URw8Nsht8VI/AAAAAAAAF2A/spfH21pECIQ/s400/2012potofwisdomi-+installation+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installation view from the Jack Shainman Gallery website</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Anatsui's most recent show, <i>Pot of Wisdom</i>, ran from December 14, 2012 to January 19, 2013, and I was lucky enough to catch it on the last day along with artist friends <a href="http://binniebirstein.com/">Binnie Birstein</a>, <a href="http://tamarzinn.com/">Tamar Zinn</a>, and <a href="http://debraramsay.com/">Debra Ramsay</a>.<br /><br />I was struck by the way Anatsui's work has evolved and by the experimental nature of the works in this show. It seemed to me that he was trying many different approaches and solutions but using the same materials. I found the variety really fascinating. In general, the works have more sculptural form and the areas of various patterns were very distinct because of the color changes. This made the works look more like sculpture mounted on the wall than metallic tapestries to my eye. Of course, the wrinkles and irregular arrangements that Anatsui prefers are still present in most of them and this adds still more form and presence.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwKz6eLL-gs/URw9fpaL9FI/AAAAAAAAF2I/uDgozdkxhQU/s1600/Anatsui+poster+on+my+wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="257" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bwKz6eLL-gs/URw9fpaL9FI/AAAAAAAAF2I/uDgozdkxhQU/s400/Anatsui+poster+on+my+wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To give you an idea of scale on the piece in the first photo, here is a small poster I got <br />from&nbsp;the gallery that shows the work with a person standing in front of it.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-foSoZVkOGe0/URxInYO-HKI/AAAAAAAAF3A/RjDFYqvqPt4/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-foSoZVkOGe0/URxInYO-HKI/AAAAAAAAF3A/RjDFYqvqPt4/s400/NY+Jan+2013+001.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Here's a shot that shows the dimension in the work as it hangs on the wall.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I think I'm also seeing new color in the pale blues he is using. Of course, this is not really pale blue at all - it's a darker blue print (label) with lots of white. Following are two close-ups from this piece. (you can click to enlarge)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vt1fK0hClAM/URxH8Kzv9HI/AAAAAAAAF2w/b8UP_2mEGBg/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+003res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vt1fK0hClAM/URxH8Kzv9HI/AAAAAAAAF2w/b8UP_2mEGBg/s400/NY+Jan+2013+003res.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhnMH_As_3Y/URxICoM-BTI/AAAAAAAAF24/GlEBHOnzXLk/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+004res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhnMH_As_3Y/URxICoM-BTI/AAAAAAAAF24/GlEBHOnzXLk/s400/NY+Jan+2013+004res.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Next is a shot of something also quite different for this type of work from Anatsui - a free-standing piece. (I believe that this one is "Pot of Wisdom.")<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3SaOgrgmoPM/URxJI5KdqwI/AAAAAAAAF3I/hr8hNpnT4qA/s1600/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3SaOgrgmoPM/URxJI5KdqwI/AAAAAAAAF3I/hr8hNpnT4qA/s400/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a gallery installation shot.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And here is my close-up shot of the "pot" itself:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRdnrC7Gr_g/URxM4DCsAiI/AAAAAAAAF3U/AGg8InC0xuk/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRdnrC7Gr_g/URxM4DCsAiI/AAAAAAAAF3U/AGg8InC0xuk/s400/NY+Jan+2013+005.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br />This shot demonstrates the versatility in the way the wrappings are folded, wired and assembled into many combinations that can either look like solid woven textiles or open webbing.<br /><br />Next is a gallery shot of three very different pieces at once.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cvpJX0m58AY/URxNq2q85mI/AAAAAAAAF4A/8jih20_Itbw/s1600/2012potofwisdom-inst+view+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cvpJX0m58AY/URxNq2q85mI/AAAAAAAAF4A/8jih20_Itbw/s400/2012potofwisdom-inst+view+6.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see how strikingly different they are from each other.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Here are some close-ups and details. (I have to say that I skipped photographing a couple of pieces here because I was so fascinated by this gold work with those strange figures at the bottom. - And I was probably too busy talking to my friends.)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-beSbW8dEMxk/URxNiDKRveI/AAAAAAAAF34/XmGtRLQGp_g/s1600/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-beSbW8dEMxk/URxNiDKRveI/AAAAAAAAF34/XmGtRLQGp_g/s400/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ztKkT_Ww0s/URxOKisCfHI/AAAAAAAAF4I/02y1_1yZR4E/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ztKkT_Ww0s/URxOKisCfHI/AAAAAAAAF4I/02y1_1yZR4E/s400/NY+Jan+2013+011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Besides the strange figures in the piece above, notice how the solid green/gold pieces give the illusion of &nbsp;a sheen or reflective glimmer on this piece. It carries its own light within it.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LEqL8SdERIw/URxOMkEVCuI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/vwbdZ1dhbKg/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LEqL8SdERIw/URxOMkEVCuI/AAAAAAAAF4Q/vwbdZ1dhbKg/s400/NY+Jan+2013+008.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of me by Debra Ramsay</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the piece behind me, note the lines of green. That is an innovation that I do not recall seeing before.<br /><br />Following is a close-up of the piece so you can see how the lines were formed. Also note that there are deliberate holes or voids in the work that are edged in colors.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bACoFVAtVfQ/URxPQvY7v_I/AAAAAAAAF4Y/J2lvBYqpLSA/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bACoFVAtVfQ/URxPQvY7v_I/AAAAAAAAF4Y/J2lvBYqpLSA/s400/NY+Jan+2013+010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />You will see that I am not giving you titles and sizes. I did not find this information easy to come by. There were no wall labels and I did not see a price list when I went to the desk, but then, neither did I ask.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hj5fVsbvNsU/URxPzhuZkHI/AAAAAAAAF4g/ydDoReReN24/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hj5fVsbvNsU/URxPzhuZkHI/AAAAAAAAF4g/ydDoReReN24/s400/NY+Jan+2013+007.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This net-like piece looks like "Pot of Wisdom" flattened and hung on the wall.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I first saw this openwork type of netting in a couple of pieces in Anatsui's show at Wellesley College although I didn't include photos of them in the post. This work has such a different feeling than the tapestry-type works. It looks like a fishing net hung on the wall, very light and airy.<br /><br /><br />Next are two pieces that I really loved.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8fMbLF22zvk/URxTSz2O07I/AAAAAAAAF5I/FhjMFfomW-o/s1600/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="261" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8fMbLF22zvk/URxTSz2O07I/AAAAAAAAF5I/FhjMFfomW-o/s400/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a gallery installation shot.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />First the blue piece with that striking black shape.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sRjpZcHFWFU/URxWaBg8ehI/AAAAAAAAF5w/Ot39fjjdT64/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+017res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sRjpZcHFWFU/URxWaBg8ehI/AAAAAAAAF5w/Ot39fjjdT64/s400/NY+Jan+2013+017res.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gtw-VTepYCI/URxTnCfcCWI/AAAAAAAAF5Y/mmHPxY7oJIQ/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gtw-VTepYCI/URxTnCfcCWI/AAAAAAAAF5Y/mmHPxY7oJIQ/s320/NY+Jan+2013+018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />What looks like a pale blue is made from the same dark blue with white labels I showed on the first piece above. Note that black line projected above the top of the piece. Is it pointing to something? I'm reminded of a pointing finger.<br /><br />And there is that little red area on the left side toward the bottom. It really calls out the red pieces within the black shape.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ekll-UhcCVE/URxVgrl9KUI/AAAAAAAAF5g/3lMEyqpLsow/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ekll-UhcCVE/URxVgrl9KUI/AAAAAAAAF5g/3lMEyqpLsow/s400/NY+Jan+2013+019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Then there is the patchwork-type piece.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RbhzHW1Dm0c/URxXdUCIq_I/AAAAAAAAF54/t0s9FxZdBdc/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RbhzHW1Dm0c/URxXdUCIq_I/AAAAAAAAF54/t0s9FxZdBdc/s400/NY+Jan+2013+021.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ehubN9xM1w/URxXkp59yeI/AAAAAAAAF6A/_2LIoR2cPGY/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3ehubN9xM1w/URxXkp59yeI/AAAAAAAAF6A/_2LIoR2cPGY/s400/NY+Jan+2013+023.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0D7FlZ0SMxg/URxXo0In1eI/AAAAAAAAF6I/mPElrOSdGPM/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0D7FlZ0SMxg/URxXo0In1eI/AAAAAAAAF6I/mPElrOSdGPM/s400/NY+Jan+2013+022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I thought first of a map or then of a sampler of various techniques and materials<br /><br /><br />The next piece is my favorite of all. It looks like it's been splashed and dipped in paint or ink along the side. How could this be possibly be done with bottle caps and wrappings?<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RcnSh6uBfXw/URxYz_hVcHI/AAAAAAAAF6U/IpvUbSEBZPQ/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RcnSh6uBfXw/URxYz_hVcHI/AAAAAAAAF6U/IpvUbSEBZPQ/s400/NY+Jan+2013+013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RF4akTf6P_E/URxY5uz6WZI/AAAAAAAAF6c/XkNk3OHrO0o/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RF4akTf6P_E/URxY5uz6WZI/AAAAAAAAF6c/XkNk3OHrO0o/s400/NY+Jan+2013+012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Showing you the overall piece and then the scale above. Now for the closeups:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cMXufBJvQGQ/URxZMwjrGKI/AAAAAAAAF6k/KD66RM8-bMI/s1600/Anatsui+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cMXufBJvQGQ/URxZMwjrGKI/AAAAAAAAF6k/KD66RM8-bMI/s400/Anatsui+closeup.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qSuVGqDzIAQ/URxZPBMkBWI/AAAAAAAAF6s/dAPWhwQT2B8/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qSuVGqDzIAQ/URxZPBMkBWI/AAAAAAAAF6s/dAPWhwQT2B8/s400/NY+Jan+2013+015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />In the bottom shot, if you enlarge the image, you can really see how the pieces are folded, cut and otherwise manipulated to make them do what Anatsui wants to do. This is really masterful.<br /><br /><br />At long last, here is the final piece.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-elQKf-vrVGQ/URxagKAYggI/AAAAAAAAF7Q/JY0XWcza_w4/s1600/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-elQKf-vrVGQ/URxagKAYggI/AAAAAAAAF7Q/JY0XWcza_w4/s400/2012potofwisdomi-inst+view+5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gallery shot.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HkqZquR6jIM/URxaphtFvjI/AAAAAAAAF7Y/SGA4qRnqrvI/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HkqZquR6jIM/URxaphtFvjI/AAAAAAAAF7Y/SGA4qRnqrvI/s400/NY+Jan+2013+024.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My shot.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This piece is probably the most like what we have seen from Anatsui in the past, however, there are some differences: first, those strips at the top. Being an aficionado of Project Runway, I was seeing them as straps as though the piece could be worn as a garment, although it would wrap one giant of a body. But some of the African ceremonial garments are big pieces of textile like this.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WeDv_nDLZcw/URxbPzkJHjI/AAAAAAAAF7g/B19BDtGVCOg/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WeDv_nDLZcw/URxbPzkJHjI/AAAAAAAAF7g/B19BDtGVCOg/s400/NY+Jan+2013+026.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are the strips or straps at the top.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c2vhVB7tpbE/URxbbOrHhXI/AAAAAAAAF7o/MIM8nyPkxP0/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c2vhVB7tpbE/URxbbOrHhXI/AAAAAAAAF7o/MIM8nyPkxP0/s400/NY+Jan+2013+025.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Finally, there are several parts at the bottom where pieces with very different colors and shapes are included. They have a real look of patterning as though they are printed cloth.<br /><br />So there you have it. You can see how this show demonstrated Anatsui's versatility and love of change and experimentation. We don't know when the work was made, but I'm thinking that he retired from teaching last year. Maybe that gave him more time and/or ability to concentrate on his work and plumb the material for all it was worth. We will just have to see how the work develops for the next show.<br /><br />By the way, if you are in New York between now and August, you can see a large show of Anatsui's work at the Brooklyn Museum: <i>Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works</i> by El Anatsui. Here's the <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/el_anatsui/#">link</a>. It looks dramatic and extensive. Here's a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/02/10/arts/design/20130210-anatsui.html">link </a>to a <i>New York Times</i> slide show of &nbsp;works in the Brooklyn Museum show.<br /><br /><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-86662836236071033342013-02-08T18:19:00.000-05:002013-02-08T18:22:46.782-05:00Anatsui in New York, January 2013: #1 On the High LineI like to visit New York a few times a year to see new work and old favorites. Knowing that El Anatsui has a show up at <a href="http://www.jackshainman.com/exhibition137.html">Jack Shainman Gallery</a> in Chelsea is always a great motivator for my visiting schedule. Last month, he not only had a gallery show (see my Anatsui in New York post #2 still to come), but just down the street was a massive installation of his "Broken Bridge II" on the side of a building between W 21st and W 22nd adjacent to the High Line and in the heart of the Chelsea gallery district.(On exhibition until September 2013)<br /><br />By the way, if you don't know about the High Line, here's a&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thehighline.org/about/high-line-history">link&nbsp;</a>that will tell you all about it.<br /><br />(CLICK PIX TO ENLARGE)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD5aaDNC7SI/URV2kPll49I/AAAAAAAAFxw/jUT59MqAC6c/s1600/anatsuiparis2+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZD5aaDNC7SI/URV2kPll49I/AAAAAAAAFxw/jUT59MqAC6c/s400/anatsuiparis2+day.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anatsui's "Broken Bridge" as shown in Paris during the 2012 Triennial<br />(from&nbsp;http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2012/06/25/el-anatsui-wraps-entire-building-facade-for-paris-triennial/)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5JNOavpvZrU/URV23tLYsrI/AAAAAAAAFx4/alcIw-7zj9Y/s1600/anatsuiparis+night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5JNOavpvZrU/URV23tLYsrI/AAAAAAAAFx4/alcIw-7zj9Y/s400/anatsuiparis+night.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night view of the Paris installation</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now for the comparison of the New York work:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-suAQ6LLer0w/URV6aqhe6fI/AAAAAAAAFyI/yUnTys7S8co/s1600/ANATSUI_El_BrokenBridgeII_PhotoAustinKennedy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-suAQ6LLer0w/URV6aqhe6fI/AAAAAAAAFyI/yUnTys7S8co/s400/ANATSUI_El_BrokenBridgeII_PhotoAustinKennedy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Broken Bridge II" by El Anatsui at the High Line in New York<br />(photo by Austin Kennedy from the High Line blog)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Experimentation, Change and Adaptation</span></b><br />So, you will note that although BBII is made using the same elements as the original BB, it has an entirely different appearance. For one thing, that overhanging structure on the Paris building made a very strong top edge that confined (and I think literally overshadowed) Atatsui's piece. In the High Line work, unconstrained by architecture, he wanted to emphasize the sky, the buildings reflected in the mirror and the architectural shapes he saw. He speaks about that in this Art 21 video:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=FzenSFQuiBA">Exclusive | El Anatsui: “Broken Bridge II”</a><br /><br />I went to see Anatsui speak at the opening of his show "When I Last Wrote to You About Africa" at Wellesley College in April 2011. During his talk he stressed that he has a love of experimentation, change and adaptation and wants his work to reflect those considerations. Much of his work is modular so that it can be rearranged depending on where it's installed. He is not at all precious about his work and often takes it apart if it comes back to his studio to use in new pieces. He calls the salvaged parts "readymades." (You can read my blog post about his Wellesley show&nbsp;<a href="http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/04/el-anatsui-at-davis-museum-wellesley.html">here</a>.)<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Remaking the Piece</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/U4r7vRsxVNo?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0' /></div><br />Take a look at this compressed-time installation video from the High Line blog. The blacked out spot in the middle is Hurricane Sandy.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">A Walk Along the High Line</span></b><br />I took a series of pictures as I walked along the High Line with my artist friends <a href="http://binniebirstein.com/">Binnie Birstein</a> and <a href="http://tamarzinn.com/">Tamar Zinn</a>. I thought that approaching this massive piece was a little surprising because it wasn't immediately apparent that it was there. Although it measures 37 feet high by 157 feet long, it's composed of mirrors and rusted metal that camouflage it in its surroundings--the mirrors blend in with the sky and the rust color blends in with aged brick nearly until you get right up to it. Have a look. 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7OzAMuHU7OY/URV96gtgDGI/AAAAAAAAFz0/ymmhBhdI0FE/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7OzAMuHU7OY/URV96gtgDGI/AAAAAAAAFz0/ymmhBhdI0FE/s400/NY+Jan+2013+056.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qmgw5kSjzLQ/URV97IA1PAI/AAAAAAAAFz8/MyPY-3ih32Q/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qmgw5kSjzLQ/URV97IA1PAI/AAAAAAAAFz8/MyPY-3ih32Q/s400/NY+Jan+2013+057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the last photo of "Broken Bridge II." The rest of the photos give you the feeling of<br />looking around at the architecture and plantings as you walk along.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q30rsCxau6U/URV97kwtFgI/AAAAAAAAF0E/iwSZoG1GuMY/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q30rsCxau6U/URV97kwtFgI/AAAAAAAAF0E/iwSZoG1GuMY/s400/NY+Jan+2013+059.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MVQpdZ6EjY4/URV97b2LqQI/AAAAAAAAF0I/YK3Efc1h2Ak/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MVQpdZ6EjY4/URV97b2LqQI/AAAAAAAAF0I/YK3Efc1h2Ak/s400/NY+Jan+2013+058.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q30rsCxau6U/URV97kwtFgI/AAAAAAAAF0E/iwSZoG1GuMY/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q30rsCxau6U/URV97kwtFgI/AAAAAAAAF0E/iwSZoG1GuMY/s400/NY+Jan+2013+059.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4yf3VbUjQcM/URV-woNVWNI/AAAAAAAAF0g/S1ey03XefsE/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4yf3VbUjQcM/URV-woNVWNI/AAAAAAAAF0g/S1ey03XefsE/s400/NY+Jan+2013+062.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TYEr4d5HetY/URV-xOCKTPI/AAAAAAAAF0o/eHQjiKgov_Q/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+061.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TYEr4d5HetY/URV-xOCKTPI/AAAAAAAAF0o/eHQjiKgov_Q/s400/NY+Jan+2013+061.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-973GTeXcnfQ/URV-xXZXhwI/AAAAAAAAF0s/TWwZozrVagg/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-973GTeXcnfQ/URV-xXZXhwI/AAAAAAAAF0s/TWwZozrVagg/s400/NY+Jan+2013+063.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fDCGZM3vEGg/URV-w4iJR-I/AAAAAAAAF0w/H2EPNi_BX5Q/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fDCGZM3vEGg/URV-w4iJR-I/AAAAAAAAF0w/H2EPNi_BX5Q/s400/NY+Jan+2013+060.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1JAnr_JGAaA/URV-yJmu7HI/AAAAAAAAF1A/Lwdc0XQ3TGM/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1JAnr_JGAaA/URV-yJmu7HI/AAAAAAAAF1A/Lwdc0XQ3TGM/s400/NY+Jan+2013+065.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lXojefFeW-o/URV-y1HOV0I/AAAAAAAAF1I/B0jxww6QIHI/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lXojefFeW-o/URV-y1HOV0I/AAAAAAAAF1I/B0jxww6QIHI/s400/NY+Jan+2013+064.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hwV1knsedLQ/URV-y6RPHqI/AAAAAAAAF1M/xKM9qDKd_Io/s1600/NY+Jan+2013+066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hwV1knsedLQ/URV-y6RPHqI/AAAAAAAAF1M/xKM9qDKd_Io/s400/NY+Jan+2013+066.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />One further note, in one close-up of "Broken Bridge II" you can clearly see the rusty perforated metal in the piece. This metal was traditionally used for grating cassava (also called yuca, mogo, manioc, mandioca, and kamoteng kahoy - see the Wikipedia&nbsp;entry about its importance <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava">here</a>)<br /><br />And I'll leave you with this image of an earlier Anatsui work that used discarded cassava graters, "Crumbling Wall," 2000.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ru22rD6rlmE/URWBuhYKsoI/AAAAAAAAF1Y/37u6__vV8cQ/s1600/Hood-Crumbling-Walllg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ru22rD6rlmE/URWBuhYKsoI/AAAAAAAAF1Y/37u6__vV8cQ/s400/Hood-Crumbling-Walllg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-74436437836485493532013-02-07T11:52:00.001-05:002013-02-07T11:52:59.520-05:00Exponential: 4 Artists Explore InfinityMy work is very much concerned with materiality. I love the physical process of making art, working with encaustic paint, treating metal with chemicals, pounding all those tacks. The objectness of art is IT for me rather than the portrayal of something. My art <i>is </i>something rather than <i>represents </i>something.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hquw0Dn9PKw/URPObT1YB6I/AAAAAAAAFwU/kusIeBdZ8gg/s1600/Material+World+on+black+180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hquw0Dn9PKw/URPObT1YB6I/AAAAAAAAFwU/kusIeBdZ8gg/s400/Material+World+on+black+180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Material World," 2011, 36" x 36" x 1.75" - found and fabricated materials on panel with tacks and encaustic<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>(Note: My works in this post are included in&nbsp;"Exponential: 4 Artists Explore Infinity"&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">and</span><b style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">&nbsp;</b>you can click on all the images &nbsp;to make them enlarge.)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6QxiwGNJmg/URPT9ZIJ7jI/AAAAAAAAFws/QzCXA1MyvRc/s1600/Exponential_Postcard-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6QxiwGNJmg/URPT9ZIJ7jI/AAAAAAAAFws/QzCXA1MyvRc/s400/Exponential_Postcard-2.jpg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Postcard for the show at Mt. Ida College in Newton, Mass. featuring the work<br />of Sand T. Kalloch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />When my Facebook friend, Catherine Carter, invited me to show my work in an exhibition she was curating, I was pleased to be invited and happy to say yes. She developed the theme for the show of <i>exponential</i>. I am still not quite sure what that means except that it has to do with math and expansion, but I do understand the concept of <i>infinity. </i>That concept, which I am thinking of as <i>boundlessness</i>, would not have occurred to me in relation to my work, but I've been giving it more thought.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j0XrmI8vDb4/URPRpN-DNxI/AAAAAAAAFwc/CwK8vyluOjM/s1600/The+Black+One+180+cropped+to+edge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j0XrmI8vDb4/URPRpN-DNxI/AAAAAAAAFwc/CwK8vyluOjM/s400/The+Black+One+180+cropped+to+edge.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Black One," 2011, 36" x 36" x 1.75". found and fabricated materials on panel with tacks and encaustic</td></tr></tbody></table><br />My work does not involve figure and ground (the classical description of what painting is) so it could be considered either all ground or all figure. There are no outside boundaries to it and it could continue in any direction into infinity. That is one link to the theme.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRqqS4P1OFg/URPWeDTyWdI/AAAAAAAAFw0/_xpdTV8Jx2I/s1600/As+Sweet+As+Honey+srgb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hRqqS4P1OFg/URPWeDTyWdI/AAAAAAAAFw0/_xpdTV8Jx2I/s400/As+Sweet+As+Honey+srgb.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"As Sweet As Honey," 2011, 36" x 36" x 1.75" found and fabricated materials with dominoes,<br />tacks and encaustic on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Another link is the infinity of ideas for paintings that artists have. One painting leads to another, leads to another, and so on into infinity. I can just imagine a whole spiraling line of paintings stretching off into the ether, each one related to the preceding or the following or maybe making a precipitous jump in a new direction.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NtDAox0spWA/URPZWi3b0-I/AAAAAAAAFw8/46oxbLw44Tc/s1600/Red+No.+2+all+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NtDAox0spWA/URPZWi3b0-I/AAAAAAAAFw8/46oxbLw44Tc/s400/Red+No.+2+all+cropped.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red No. 2," 2010-2011, 10" x 8" x 1.5", found and fabricated materials with <br />tacks, encaustic and oilstick on panel.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Tonight at the opening, I, and the other three artists in the show will each be giving a talk about our work. I have several ideas about infinity and how it relates to my work, so I hope you'll be there if you are nearby. Otherwise, you'll just have to visualize that line of paintings spiraling off into the ether.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9LhHsmgFw6E/URPaCJcfjSI/AAAAAAAAFxE/W0qiPA4kDQY/s1600/Red+No.+3+new+version+-+all+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9LhHsmgFw6E/URPaCJcfjSI/AAAAAAAAFxE/W0qiPA4kDQY/s400/Red+No.+3+new+version+-+all+cropped.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Red No. 3," 2010-2011, 10" x 8" x 1.5", found and fabricated materials with<br />tacks, encaustic and oilstick on panel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here's a video peak at the show made by Catherine Carter.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/eRWio31Y8gY?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0' /></div><br /><br /><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-47740156099091300982013-01-21T11:26:00.004-05:002013-02-04T22:24:41.606-05:00'The Resonance of Time"I named my solo show at Arden Gallery, Boston, "The Resonance of Time" because the concept of time is an important influence in the composition of work in this series. I wanted to emphasize that the work in my show metaphorically represented memories stitched together over time, and this work belongs to my series "The Running Stitch." More about time, memory and composition after the photos.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PCvak6NegD4/UP1T0W-ctfI/AAAAAAAAFqo/19aa6FNMu4Q/s1600/1+Natale_Arden+window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PCvak6NegD4/UP1T0W-ctfI/AAAAAAAAFqo/19aa6FNMu4Q/s400/1+Natale_Arden+window.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the window on Newbury Street, "Singing The Blues"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">A Look Around the Gallery</span></b><br />For one reason or another, I was unable to take installation photos of the show and my good friend <a href="http://lynettehaggard.com/">Lynette Haggard</a> came to my rescue. Nearly all of the photos here were shot by Lynette, and I appreciate her work on my behalf. (Note: Click on each photo to enlarge. Also note that if you want to see any of this work more closely, you can take a look at <a href="http://nancynatale.net/">my website</a>&nbsp;or at the <a href="http://www.ardengallery.com/gallery-artists/nancy-natale/">Arden Gallery website</a>).<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1OtiZkercI/URB5uFwg7AI/AAAAAAAAFuc/kgKkUD9uyis/s1600/2+Natale_+entry+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1OtiZkercI/URB5uFwg7AI/AAAAAAAAFuc/kgKkUD9uyis/s400/2+Natale_+entry+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entering the gallery. On the right is "Coleman Hawkins"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7rXnbIjSFJg/URB6rkpKIsI/AAAAAAAAFu0/LKYH6BVQSUc/s1600/3+Natale_+Arde2n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7rXnbIjSFJg/URB6rkpKIsI/AAAAAAAAFu0/LKYH6BVQSUc/s400/3+Natale_+Arde2n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you see the back of the bar set up for the opening.<br />The piece on the brown wall is "Look At America."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mmm1pMecgjM/URB6QjfopeI/AAAAAAAAFuk/DPNyWAsLEa0/s1600/5+Natale_Arden2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mmm1pMecgjM/URB6QjfopeI/AAAAAAAAFuk/DPNyWAsLEa0/s400/5+Natale_Arden2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the window wall is "All Good Intentions"; the two small works to the right<br />of that are "Red Letter Day" and &nbsp;"A Novel By George."&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rV0_H8rP4as/URB7CRNaQSI/AAAAAAAAFu8/0ziVewjs7xk/s1600/6+Natale_Arden2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rV0_H8rP4as/URB7CRNaQSI/AAAAAAAAFu8/0ziVewjs7xk/s400/6+Natale_Arden2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right: "This American Time," "Believing Destiny" and "All Good Intentions."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8xZhiJlfjOM/URB7MrGg0XI/AAAAAAAAFvE/pqaA_uEtbqE/s1600/7+Natale_Arde2n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8xZhiJlfjOM/URB7MrGg0XI/AAAAAAAAFvE/pqaA_uEtbqE/s400/7+Natale_Arde2n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right: "Purple Haze," "This American Time," "Believing Destiny."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zkeprzzhcgw/URB7WqXKyUI/AAAAAAAAFvM/eRDIw4W3-Dg/s1600/8+Natale_Arden2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zkeprzzhcgw/URB7WqXKyUI/AAAAAAAAFvM/eRDIw4W3-Dg/s400/8+Natale_Arden2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left is "Right Vocabulary" and right is "Next To Me."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STgRBpIyuBE/UP1dGEYu6_I/AAAAAAAAFso/k_cx0-MUdes/s1600/Singing+Closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STgRBpIyuBE/UP1dGEYu6_I/AAAAAAAAFso/k_cx0-MUdes/s400/Singing+Closeup.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closing with a peek into the window at "Singing the Blues."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">A <u>Boston Globe</u> Review</span></b><br />My show received a very nice <a href="http://bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2013/01/15/what-boston-area-art-galleries/TbuCF65ik2PLr2AILNIi5I/story.html">review </a>by Cate McQuaid in <u>The Boston Globe</u>. Here's the final summation:<br /><br /><i>"There’s something ruminative about all these elements together. They may not seem connected, but they coalesce into something fervent, intimate, and hopeful."</i><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">More About Memory, Time and "The Running Stitch"</span></b><br />As is well documented, memory is selective, subject to change as years pass and not always accurate. Memories of people and events may be expanded or contracted and may cease to bear any resemblance to the way events actually happened. Or some trivial thing may take on exaggerated importance in memory because of events that happen afterwards.<br /><br />So although the idea of memory serves as a framing device for my work, it's not really an active tool. That is, when I am composing my work I am not actively seeking to compose or directly represent a memory -- either my own or someone else's memory. Cate McQuaid was right that this work is "ruminative" or "contemplative." Putting the many elements together in my work is like painting but painting by using strips of materials for each stroke. Of course, I also do a lot of painting and other preparation beforehand to create the elements I use.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Importance of Color</span></b><br />As I have worked on the Running Stitch series over the past two years or so, I have come to realize that color is probably my most important consideration. When the idea for a piece comes to me, color is one of the first things I think about. Recently, and particularly in the work made for this show at Arden, I have begun using blocks of colored elements. Within the dominant color, I include many others to make the piece less monochromatic and to get the color to "sparkle" or activate. This color "trick" was brought home to me by observing works made by the great El Anatsui who inserts all kinds of colors and materials into his brilliant metallic wall hangings.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykYc2iGl7d0/UP1j0ceGGZI/AAAAAAAAFtc/ljskyBhkXuo/s1600/Anatsui+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="303" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ykYc2iGl7d0/UP1j0ceGGZI/AAAAAAAAFtc/ljskyBhkXuo/s400/Anatsui+closeup.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closeup of a portion of an Anatsui work just viewed at his <a href="http://www.jackshainman.com/exhibition137.html">gallery </a>in New York.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Horizontal Composition Equals The Landscape of the Mind</span></b><br />For people who may not be familiar with sewing terms, a "running stitch" is a runalong stitch usually used in basting something to be sewn later with a more permanent stitch. A running stitch is just one thread that is holding fabric together. If you cut the thread, the stitch will pull out because just one thread connects all the individual stitches. When I began the horizontal organization of my work in the Running Stitch series, I was looking at architecture, tile, Asian gardens, screens and the way a running stitch appears on fabric. I became fascinated with the combination of horizontals I was seeing everywhere. Landscape has never been my "thing," but of course the horizontal usually equals landscape.<br /><br />Rather than representing actual landscape, I thought my work would be more a landscape of the mind, and that, of course, is not only thought, but also memory and time. When you start thinking about time, you are really thinking about&nbsp;"mortality and immortality, and permanence and change, so that concepts of time are of fundamental importance in the study of religion, philosophy, literature, history, and mythology." (from <a href="http://www.brill.com/time-and-memory">Time and Memory</a>) That's a lot of heavy stuff, but it's all there in whatever we do -- with the possible exception of all those dumb reality shows.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">It's Not Really Real; It's a Painting</span></b><br />Apparently some people who view my work think that I am representing specific memories or that the work is autobiographical in some way, but that is not the case. I am making paintings, constructed paintings, and not writing a memoir. Of course things make their way into the work that appeal to me, but I am not aiming for nostalgia or one point of view. Even if I use a particular book or record album, it's not all about that certain artifact. I actually think about all these materials as the great mishmash that confronts all of us every day - from all kinds of sources - television, the internet, advertising, politics, books, magazines, newspapers, conversations and what-all. How do we make our way through all this stuff? How do we choose what to keep and what to discard? Do we really have any choice about what sticks in the mind and what dissipates over time?<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtFSwGlb82k/UP1q2C9xLSI/AAAAAAAAFt8/aiQulWqkKeg/s1600/Look+at+America+180+detail+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xtFSwGlb82k/UP1q2C9xLSI/AAAAAAAAFt8/aiQulWqkKeg/s400/Look+at+America+180+detail+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a detail from "Look At America" showing a portion of the mishmash.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Having Fun and Hiding Text</span></b><br />While visuals may be most important eye attractor for visual artists, text is usually the focus for most people, especially those who can read (a little joke there). The way I try to use text in my work is to have it be present but not attract too much attention. I want the viewer to have to seek it out instead of having it overwhelm a painting. At the same time, I like the look of text even without thinking about meaning. Since the age of six or so I have always been a great reader and I like text -- both printed and written. I think it adds richness and represents abstracted human thought. But sometimes I don't want the painting to reveal just what I'm thinking. That may be my secret motivation.<br /><br />Confronted with my own great mishmash of stuff in my studio, I somehow have to choose what to include and what to leave out. Sometimes that process is more deliberate than others. I enjoy seeing old advertisements and book titles. I view them ironically from the standpoint of today's continual irony. Sometimes I take them at face value and enjoy their meaning. I do not deliberately set out to create nostalgia, but sometimes it happens just from the materials themselves originating in other periods and having that look.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">My Expanded Statement</span></b><br />Somehow this post has turned into an expanded statement about my work. It's part of the artistic process that once we create art, it's out there and we want people to look at it. People interpret it as they will. No matter how much we, as creators, try to impose our meaning on the art, the meaning comes to exist independently of us; it lives in the art itself. People have their own interpretation of the work and their own opinions of what we have made and what we mean. Artists are unable to control what those opinions are. Perhaps we artists don't even realize what we are making sometimes and it's up to other people to reveal it to us. I guess that's what art history is for.Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-45765339729935848072012-09-12T23:34:00.000-04:002012-09-14T09:06:10.556-04:00Ten Things I've Learned From ArtI've probably learned more than ten, but that's just to pique your interest. Everybody likes a list, don't they? You can find my list later in this post. &nbsp;(By the way, you can click on these images to enlarge them.)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-94QjnhvUE8M/UFEphcinTrI/AAAAAAAAFmc/pLXyOqzoRrc/s1600/17+-resiz+-+ambit+++4+texts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-94QjnhvUE8M/UFEphcinTrI/AAAAAAAAFmc/pLXyOqzoRrc/s400/17+-resiz+-+ambit+++4+texts.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A photo from my show at R&amp;F Paints - in the hallway outside the gallery is <i>Ambit </i>and on the right are four pieces from the Text Messages series</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Solo Show&nbsp;</span></b><br /><br />So where have I been for a couple of months? I've been right here working in the studio, working at my part-time jobs, getting most of my brain sucked away by Facebook and following politics. Those last two items are pretty much interchangeable.<br /><br />The big event of my summer, after the Encaustic Conference of course, was my show at R&amp;F Paints in Kingston, New York. That show began on August 6th and is up until September 22nd. There is still time to see it if you are in the Hudson Valley area. Here's the <a href="http://www.rfpaints.com/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&amp;task=view&amp;gallery=119&amp;Itemid=58">link</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VmpKJ_9DvpA/UFEq8Wh-azI/AAAAAAAAFmk/agPhPxqRqjg/s1600/1C+resiz-+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VmpKJ_9DvpA/UFEq8Wh-azI/AAAAAAAAFmk/agPhPxqRqjg/s400/1C+resiz-+sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />What a fantastic pleasure it's been to have a show at R&amp;F! First of all, R&amp;F (major manufacturer of encaustic paint) is where I was introduced to encaustic painting some years back. At that time I could never have envisioned being invited to be a Visiting Artist at R&amp;F and have a solo show of my work, so it's a thrill to have achieved this honor and milestone in my career.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7wk2Wo3UsY/UFEsH-l_3GI/AAAAAAAAFms/TR_0iYA34j8/s1600/3+-+resizLaura+-+big+spread.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-M7wk2Wo3UsY/UFEsH-l_3GI/AAAAAAAAFms/TR_0iYA34j8/s400/3+-+resizLaura+-+big+spread.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laura Moriarty's shot of three gallery walls plus a peek into the hallway.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EwVfyNaJdwk/UFFJc1Kgz1I/AAAAAAAAFos/eGsN86ySVuw/s1600/13+resiz+-2+blues+++Etta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EwVfyNaJdwk/UFFJc1Kgz1I/AAAAAAAAFos/eGsN86ySVuw/s400/13+resiz+-2+blues+++Etta.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two small blue pieces plus <i>Blues For Etta</i>, 48"H x 60" W - one of my favorite pieces</td></tr></tbody></table><br />(You can see more installation shots of the show on my website, nancynatale.net, link <a href="http://nancynatale.net/">here</a>, as well as a wonderful <a href="http://www.kingstonx.com/2012/08/13/new-shows-cast-artistic-aspersions-on-our-post-post-modern-world/">review </a>written by Lynn Woods of <u>The Kingston Times</u>.)<br />.<br />Secondly, the people of R&amp;F are just great - all very friendly, helpful, aesthetically minded and pretty laid back - a winning combination! Laura Moriarty, Gallery Director, was a pleasure to work with and installed the show with ease. She also mentored me in my three-day Bricolage With Wax workshop, giving advice and assistance where needed (and there were times I definitely needed it).<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Visiting Artist Workshop</span></b><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7C_0iY2hXdM/UFFAx7IxO7I/AAAAAAAAFnc/5c-hpJgXEzE/s1600/Students+working+at+R&amp;F2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7C_0iY2hXdM/UFFAx7IxO7I/AAAAAAAAFnc/5c-hpJgXEzE/s400/Students+working+at+R&amp;F2.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students working in R&amp;F's airy studio facility</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-T1-eXJKXw/UFFBACsYD9I/AAAAAAAAFnk/oqNDSC5ZQDY/s1600/Students+working+at+R&amp;F+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-T1-eXJKXw/UFFBACsYD9I/AAAAAAAAFnk/oqNDSC5ZQDY/s400/Students+working+at+R&amp;F+1.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More students working</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S6O0llZFC4s/UFFBK73XV2I/AAAAAAAAFns/7ns-5p06HEA/s1600/books+plus+stuff+at+R&amp;F+workshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S6O0llZFC4s/UFFBK73XV2I/AAAAAAAAFns/7ns-5p06HEA/s400/books+plus+stuff+at+R&amp;F+workshop.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The central table full of bricolage "stuff" for student use plus reference books</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_k23xO42v6Y/UFFBWADDtqI/AAAAAAAAFn0/gpBFNYvFVj0/s1600/Tools+and+student+work.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_k23xO42v6Y/UFFBWADDtqI/AAAAAAAAFn0/gpBFNYvFVj0/s400/Tools+and+student+work.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tools for students' use plus student work on the shelves in the background</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V2PGv4RPUIs/UFFBiyqruMI/AAAAAAAAFn8/rMZl6Jk-bCc/s1600/Student+pour+at+R&amp;F+workshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V2PGv4RPUIs/UFFBiyqruMI/AAAAAAAAFn8/rMZl6Jk-bCc/s400/Student+pour+at+R&amp;F+workshop.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Class pour of encaustic with embedded materials</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The workshop was attended by nine hard-working and enthusiastic students. The mission was to make works of fine art using found objects with encaustic where the objects were not the <i>focus </i>of the works but were used to add another layer of meaning to the works. The objects had to lose their individual identities and become transformed into parts of the whole. This can be a tricky task, especially when you are working with plastic alligators and other easily identifiable things. I'm going to post some photos of student's work on my Art of Bricolage <a href="http://artofbricolage.blogspot.com/">blog </a>later in the week.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">What About That List?</span></b><br />Yes, it was a come-on, but I'll give the list a shot, as follows:<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Ten Things I've Learned From Art</span></b><br />1) Be persistent<br />2) Tackle the impossible by starting with the possible - or vice versa.<br />3) Make lists.<br />4) Tear things out of magazines and newspapers at will. One of these days you'll look at them.<br />5) Anything can be an inspiration<br />6) You will not understand anything you are doing until you have been working at least 20 years.<br />7) Don't be afraid to be simple and direct.<br />8) Keep a pencil and paper beside your bed (not a pen because it won't write upside down).<br />9) Marry someone who loves art (and you).<br />10) No matter what, it's worth it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-3677692600722092292012-07-02T02:48:00.003-04:002012-07-02T02:48:38.847-04:00And on my other blog...On <a href="http://artofbricolage.blogspot.com/2012/07/wax-bricolage-workshop-ii.html">Art of Bricolage</a> I have posted images of people and their works made in my post-conference workshop on Wax + Bricolage. There is still one more workshop and one more post coming.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMaGMPqCwQM/T_FD_3ytEWI/AAAAAAAAFlk/VVncrLANNDs/s1600/Maria's+work+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bMaGMPqCwQM/T_FD_3ytEWI/AAAAAAAAFlk/VVncrLANNDs/s400/Maria's+work+2.jpg" width="367" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A work by Maria Lara-Whelpley that uses a bunch of stuff but makes it her own.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-28726005779311325752012-06-22T04:09:00.001-04:002012-06-22T04:09:37.269-04:00My Bricolage Workshop and Show at R&F PaintsLast year Laura Moriarty, Director of Exhibitions and Workshops at R&amp;F Handmade Paints, invited me to be a Visiting Artist during 2012. R&amp;F's Visiting Artist Series "is designed to celebrate the work of teaching artists" and entails teaching a three-day workshop with a concurrent solo show. Of course I was thrilled to say yes and have been so looking forward to the opportunity to teach <b>Bricolage: Making Fine Art with Found or Invented Materials and Encaustic.</b><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZP2ioPrwgY0/T-Qc-uOWQ9I/AAAAAAAAFhk/rOJPYc_GgK0/s1600/R&amp;F_workshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="351" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZP2ioPrwgY0/T-Qc-uOWQ9I/AAAAAAAAFhk/rOJPYc_GgK0/s400/R&amp;F_workshop.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The workshop at R&amp;F Handmade Paints</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">The dates of the workshop are August 1 through 3, Wednesday through Friday. Here is the <a href="http://www.rfpaints.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&amp;flypage=rf_flypage_workshops.tpl&amp;product_id=773&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;Itemid=81">link </a>directly to the workshop on the R&amp;F website. There is still room in the class to sign up and you will find all the details by clicking the link.</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_XxZ81nDq7o/T-QeW5XYRSI/AAAAAAAAFhs/hx5uIzgPAac/s1600/R&amp;F_PurplepourTour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_XxZ81nDq7o/T-QeW5XYRSI/AAAAAAAAFhs/hx5uIzgPAac/s400/R&amp;F_PurplepourTour.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A paint liquid paint pour at R&amp;F</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n0xyNrSoxFQ/T-QfGEv0E_I/AAAAAAAAFh0/dTEen8KTdGE/s1600/R&amp;F_YellowsticksTour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n0xyNrSoxFQ/T-QfGEv0E_I/AAAAAAAAFh0/dTEen8KTdGE/s400/R&amp;F_YellowsticksTour.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The incomparable R&amp;F paintsticks</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">Taking a workshop at R&amp;F is a wonderful experience because you get to work with state-of-the-art equipment, all those fabulous paints and the terrific R&amp;F staff - all so friendly and welcoming. This place is like Mecca for artists who work in encaustic and a definite destination for your life list.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WuhYstNV5RQ/T-QfknAc5pI/AAAAAAAAFiA/x9MnMI91zS8/s1600/Natale_Shifting+Blue_for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WuhYstNV5RQ/T-QfknAc5pI/AAAAAAAAFiA/x9MnMI91zS8/s400/Natale_Shifting+Blue_for+blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Natale: <i>Shifting - Blue</i>, 2012, painted cardboard and paper, book parts, record album <br />pieces,&nbsp;rubber, tarpaper, treated metal, tacks and encaustic on birch panel, 24" x 24"</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;">The workshop <a href="http://www.rfpaints.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&amp;flypage=rf_flypage_workshops.tpl&amp;product_id=773&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;Itemid=81">link </a>will give you details on what will be covered over the three days, but briefly, the workshop will be an expanded version of &nbsp;my one-day workshop at the Encaustic Conference. In learning to use objects and mixed media with encaustic, my emphasis will be on composing works that integrate intention and materials. Critical thinking, observation and analysis will be an important part of this workshop and the three-day span will give students the opportunity to really push themselves and build on what they learn about their own work and mode of expression. My blog <a href="http://artofbricolage.blogspot.com/">Art of Bricolage</a> will show you some examples of student work from the Conference sessions, but this workshop will allow the opportunity to experiment and develop a small body of work along with a process to be used for making future works.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSbKrwlW05E/T-QjVUwK7xI/AAAAAAAAFiU/-OKpSEd42Vg/s1600/R&amp;F_gallery_view2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSbKrwlW05E/T-QjVUwK7xI/AAAAAAAAFiU/-OKpSEd42Vg/s400/R&amp;F_gallery_view2.jpg" width="353" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gallery at R&amp;F</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div>My solo show at R&amp;F will open on Saturday, August 4th, and run through September 22nd. I will be showing new work in bricolage (that I am constructing right now). Workshops students will be able to view the exhibition with me and I will give a &nbsp;talk on the work for them, addressing examples of what has been discussed in the workshop.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you are interested in using mixed media in your work and/or if you want to understand a more effective way to develop your studio practice, I hope you will sign up for this workshop. Although we will be making serious art, we will have plenty of fun doing it and it will be three days well spent.</div>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-35085804966867248542012-06-20T01:47:00.003-04:002012-06-20T07:48:53.184-04:00Conference Shows: Kobalt GalleryDuring the recent Sixth Annual Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, I had the pleasure of participating in five shows in four commercial galleries plus Gallery X (the library) at the Castle Hill Center for the Arts. I thought I would share some photos of those shows so you can see the high caliber of the work included in them. (click on photos to enlarge)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHXbCixLyX0/T-FXrZH7WVI/AAAAAAAAFf4/QMdqncKFL_0/s1600/Right+wall+Kobalt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHXbCixLyX0/T-FXrZH7WVI/AAAAAAAAFf4/QMdqncKFL_0/s400/Right+wall+Kobalt.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right wall of Kobalt Gallery on entering.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The show at Kobalt Gallery, juried by owner Francine D'Olimpio, was titled <i>Confluence: Water and Light </i>and included works by 35 artists selected from those who had submitted images. This show is what we refer to as "the conference show." There was a size limitation of 24" in the largest dimension, and I think that keeping the work to this smaller scale allowed for breathing space between works that gave the show an expansive look. Also, the blues, turquoises, greens, grays and mostly soft cool colors made for a cohesive and pleasing presentation. It was a great-looking show.<br /><br />My piece, <i>Remnant of a Dream</i>, is the striped one in the center of the wall above. I am very pleased to announce that it was given the Juror's Award! Of course, I failed to get a separate photo of it as I did of the other two works that won awards, so I'm showing you a close-up below of a photo from my file.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EJ3jt-tKGo0/T-FYcP3XZVI/AAAAAAAAFgA/aX3x8OiuhHc/s1600/Natale_Remnant+of+a+Dream_2011_24x24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EJ3jt-tKGo0/T-FYcP3XZVI/AAAAAAAAFgA/aX3x8OiuhHc/s400/Natale_Remnant+of+a+Dream_2011_24x24.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Remnant of a Dream</i>, 2011, 24" x 24" x 1.75", painted cardboard and metal with tacks<br />and encaustic on panel - Winner of the Juror's Award</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q069oXdedKk/T-FZQ-of1-I/AAAAAAAAFgI/aBsB58LFOtE/s1600/DAC+Director's+Award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q069oXdedKk/T-FZQ-of1-I/AAAAAAAAFgI/aBsB58LFOtE/s400/DAC+Director's+Award.jpg" width="377" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David A. Clark, <i>Vers La Nuit</i>, 2010, 15" x 15" x 4", encaustic, paper and object on panel.<br />Winner of the Director's Award.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s4jgVh8b_Is/T-FZtT-TLYI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/cywmvPqqfw8/s1600/Patricia+Malarcher+CH+Award.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s4jgVh8b_Is/T-FZtT-TLYI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/cywmvPqqfw8/s400/Patricia+Malarcher+CH+Award.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patricia Malarcher, <i>Segment of the Second</i>. I'm sorry I don't have details on this work <br />but it&nbsp;appeared to be a sewn textile that had been dipped in encaustic, <br />size about 12"H x 16"W (as recalled and estimated).<br />Winner of the Castle&nbsp;Hill Award.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mGnz8B6Pbwc/T-FbkPjceQI/AAAAAAAAFgg/cafd3qu1Iz8/s1600/Left+Wall+Kobalt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mGnz8B6Pbwc/T-FbkPjceQI/AAAAAAAAFgg/cafd3qu1Iz8/s400/Left+Wall+Kobalt.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A part of the left wall as you entered the gallery. (Note Patricia Malarcher's piece at <br />top.)&nbsp;Other works I recognize are Dora Ficher's diptych near the corner, <br />Binnie Birstein's yellow/pale blue&nbsp;piece <br />and Elena De La Ville's work at top beside Patricia's.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />For a better look at some of the works in this show, take a look at this <a href="http://www.encausticconference.blogspot.com/2011/08/confluence-water-and-light-at-kobalt.html">link </a>from the Encaustic Blog. That will do them much more justice than my images here.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nQgnlVLcfaw/T-Fc4ALqIrI/AAAAAAAAFgo/XNnSCcCmN8c/s1600/Francine+D'Olympio+owner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nQgnlVLcfaw/T-Fc4ALqIrI/AAAAAAAAFgo/XNnSCcCmN8c/s400/Francine+D'Olympio+owner.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is Francine D'Olimpio, gallery owner, who was suffering from a cold and about to<br />go home to rest. Her show selection and installation were outstanding.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WDRNbb8Uzrk/T-FdPiuvY2I/AAAAAAAAFgw/le0z0cbyjss/s1600/Shelley+Gilchrist+works.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WDRNbb8Uzrk/T-FdPiuvY2I/AAAAAAAAFgw/le0z0cbyjss/s400/Shelley+Gilchrist+works.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two shaped pieces by Shelley Gilchrist at the foot of the gallery stairs.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WbBJJVaJP6Y/T-FdkICiU8I/AAAAAAAAFg4/ySPsFv9T-i4/s1600/Upstairs+wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WbBJJVaJP6Y/T-FdkICiU8I/AAAAAAAAFg4/ySPsFv9T-i4/s400/Upstairs+wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the upstairs back wall. Note those red dots beside two works by Debra Claffey and Alison Golder!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p0UQLLMrniQ/T-Fd9qUB2sI/AAAAAAAAFhA/8WsH4C7QxqY/s1600/Deborah+Kapoor's+piece.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p0UQLLMrniQ/T-Fd9qUB2sI/AAAAAAAAFhA/8WsH4C7QxqY/s400/Deborah+Kapoor's+piece.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This piece by Deborah Kapoor was a favorite of mine. The photo on the encaustic<br />blog is much better and shows you the dimension of this work. <br />It is called <i>&nbsp;Merging Light</i>, 2012, &nbsp;18 " x 13" x 3.5",&nbsp;and is shibori with encaustic on kozo paper, fabric, string.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5x6igLLe9GQ/T-FfbKA4wNI/AAAAAAAAFhI/liCv_gFKaYY/s1600/More+of+upstairs+wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5x6igLLe9GQ/T-FfbKA4wNI/AAAAAAAAFhI/liCv_gFKaYY/s400/More+of+upstairs+wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More work on the upstairs wall. I recognize those three pieces in the foreground are<br />by Kellie Weeks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QzdrTzQZjcM/T-Ffrx-DApI/AAAAAAAAFhQ/6ldbP2AF4jA/s1600/Susan+Lasche+Krevitt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QzdrTzQZjcM/T-Ffrx-DApI/AAAAAAAAFhQ/6ldbP2AF4jA/s400/Susan+Lasche+Krevitt.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the piece at the end by Susan Lasch Krevitt., <i>Race Point Sunrise</i>, 2012,<br />18" x 14" x 1.5", wool, stitching, encaustic, oil glaze on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br />What a pleasure to have the conference represented by this lovely show and to have so many artists get to exhibit their work in Provincetown. Seeing actual work in person makes all the difference, just as meeting a person in the flesh that you have only known through email and Facebook is a revelation. Having this opportunity to meet, talk, laugh, and bond together is what makes the conference such a wonderful experience and why we can't wait to do it all over again next year!Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-87921417928452091012012-06-18T09:07:00.003-04:002012-06-18T09:07:59.680-04:00First Conference ReportI'm mixing things up a little by making my first conference report about my Pre-Conference Workshop on Wax + Bricolage in my other blog - Art of Bricolage. Here's the <a href="http://artofbricolage.blogspot.com/2012/06/pre-conference-workshop-wax-bricolage.html">link</a>. Hope you enjoy seeing some student work. More to follow from the other two workshops I taught during Post-Conference Week.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n18N9IrVeDg/T98n4dGo9UI/AAAAAAAAFfk/45639nueIA4/s1600/conference+iphone+shots+293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n18N9IrVeDg/T98n4dGo9UI/AAAAAAAAFfk/45639nueIA4/s400/conference+iphone+shots+293.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Way off in the distance from the beach behind the Provincetown Inn,<br />what else by the Provincetown Monument.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white;">Meanwhile, on this blog, I'll be posting some info about the Provincetown shows relating to the conference, my conference talk and more. It's a lot to dig out from so I'm talking it slowly. After all, I do have another year before Conference 7!</span>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-23017340980805771622012-06-13T00:56:00.004-04:002012-06-13T00:56:58.604-04:00Early Morning WalkWaking up too early can be a problem but not when you are in Provincetown and have all that scenery to see. Early morning in Provincetown is so quiet - just the constant ocean, birds, bunnies, one or two cars driving by with people delivering newspapers or performing some service that requires an early start. Here's what I saw one morning. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yPIUjybm3P0/T9gc8vQLVEI/AAAAAAAAFbo/nVGMnEUGMnc/s400/conference+iphone+shots+057-h1156.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S_8MFx_l4Og/T9gc9nkCUDI/AAAAAAAAFbw/ouFytz3U5fU/s1600/conference+iphone+shots+059-h1156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S_8MFx_l4Og/T9gc9nkCUDI/AAAAAAAAFbw/ouFytz3U5fU/s400/conference+iphone+shots+059-h1156.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><br />Soon, soon, I'll start posting something that requires more work than just pictures. Just as soon as I dig out from under.Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-53212715618504773292012-06-11T09:43:00.000-04:002012-06-11T09:43:42.260-04:00Provincetown Doorways and GardensI'm just back from 12 days at the Sixth Annual International Encaustic Conference and suffering jetlag (I know it's not really jetlag but it feels like it). I have so much to do to get back to the place I was before I left that it feels overwhelming. I'd like to share the gazillion photos I took but that would require more work than I can invest right now, so I thought just seeing some lovely atmospheric photos of Provincetown would give us all a restful interlude before the hard work begins.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DGPCB3RZEw/T9X0dR2u-GI/AAAAAAAAFXU/VOxjwlqpgmc/s1600/conference+camera+shots+017-h1156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2DGPCB3RZEw/T9X0dR2u-GI/AAAAAAAAFXU/VOxjwlqpgmc/s400/conference+camera+shots+017-h1156.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><br />It must be the seaside air and the exceptional light that makes Provincetown flowers and gardens so lovely. They are really beautiful. I hope you enjoy this small selection of photos that I took on an early morning walk at one end of town. (I still can't figure which end is east and which is west, so I'll just say "one end.") 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sd5oUN9K4dE/T9X02ftAo2I/AAAAAAAAFZE/EHs4S3weNNE/s400/conference+camera+shots+040-h1156.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-64978937449717740542012-06-05T16:11:00.001-04:002012-06-10T12:36:01.230-04:00A Wonderful Hotel Fair<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bn0-Fwwn2iA/T8vUMYwNhZI/AAAAAAAAFWo/0L697fzfQBQ/s1600/photo-793002.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749922658536752530" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bn0-Fwwn2iA/T8vUMYwNhZI/AAAAAAAAFWo/0L697fzfQBQ/s400/photo-793002.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the bed of the hotel fair remnants - that bump in the<br />bed is my feet.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><span style="color: #660000;">(This post was written Sunday afternoon when I crashed for an hour or so. It was all too much! But I didn't have internet in my room and couldn't publish it. So just think that you've gained a couple of days and it's really still Sunday. Don't forget to watch 60 Minutes tonight or some crazy reality/entertainment show.)</span></i><br /><br />I'm lying in bed resting and just thinking that I didn't take a single photo of my hotel room show this morning. This photo is one wall of the pieces that remain. Thanks so much to any readers who purchased a piece or traded with me. It was wonderful to experience so many people coming by and saying complimentary things. <br /><br />Binnie and I were up before 6:00 this morning (Sunday) to get our showers in and get dressed before starting to move furniture around and hanging our work. We were already exhausted from the pace at the Sixth International Encaustic Conference, but we rose to the occasion and presented ourselves this morning as well as visiting other rooms to see what people were showing. Unfortunately, it was much too much to pack into a short period of time and I apologize to those whose rooms I didn't get to visit.<br /><br />We could have a conference of just the hotel fair - but think how much we would miss. The work was great, the networking fascinating and the opportunity to see the face of the artist with the work was exceptional. It was wonderful and each year it gets better. We do have to ask Joanne to work on the virtual time aspects so that we can all be in two places at once -- both presenting our work and viewing everyone else's. I'm sure if anyone can master it, she can.Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-71192527097142421822012-06-02T09:50:00.001-04:002012-06-02T09:52:45.948-04:00Conference Day Two<div class="mobile-photo">Raining today but warm and cheery inside the Provincetown Inn as the day is just about to begin with the morning panel &nbsp;on Creativity in Our Practice. &nbsp;More later because I have to take my seat and get ready to roll.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1mA_R0P0R0k/T8oFHIv-_dI/AAAAAAAAFVs/yQd28Xdas-M/s1600/photo-743826.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5749413494457826770" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1mA_R0P0R0k/T8oFHIv-_dI/AAAAAAAAFVs/yQd28Xdas-M/s640/photo-743826.JPG" width="476" /></a></div>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-47079682555187747872012-05-30T06:47:00.001-04:002012-05-30T06:47:32.828-04:00Provincetown At Last<div class="mobile-photo">After a year of looking forward to arriving at the site of the annual encaustic <a href="http://encausticconferenceblogspot.com/">conference </a>(since last year's conference), I am here in Provincetown and welcoming friends as they arrive. Old Home Week was never so sweet, and this year I'm so glad that I arrived several days before the actual start of the conference this Friday, June 1st. I have had a little time to walk around and immerse myself in Provincetown's unique atmosphere before putting my mind to all things encaustic.<br /><br /></div><div class="mobile-photo"><br /></div><div class="mobile-photo"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BveSwnK6id4/T8XyTNJNp7I/AAAAAAAAFTU/dBHLJcfglRo/s1600/morning+view.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BveSwnK6id4/T8XyTNJNp7I/AAAAAAAAFTU/dBHLJcfglRo/s400/morning+view.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sky with parking lot at the Provincetown Inn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="mobile-photo">This morning is much clearer than yesterday when it was foggy and so dewy or misty that my glasses kept getting obscured. Yesterday morning when I woke up very early, I took a long walk all the way to Herring Cove Beach a mile or so away.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jjd9YkHu5kU/T8X1z025RNI/AAAAAAAAFUY/a-HO9AGn1dA/s1600/long+view+large.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jjd9YkHu5kU/T8X1z025RNI/AAAAAAAAFUY/a-HO9AGn1dA/s400/long+view+large.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long view across the moors and dunes to the sea</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The foggy morning, the damp and salty sea air reminded me of my original home in Boston, so different from where I live now in the western, landlocked side of Massachusetts.<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MSDz22OABpA/T8X23NXgrZI/AAAAAAAAFUg/t3ymNp_GczU/s1600/eddies.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MSDz22OABpA/T8X23NXgrZI/AAAAAAAAFUg/t3ymNp_GczU/s400/eddies.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Land sculpted by tides</td></tr></tbody></table><br />But Boston never looked like this -- or at least not for hundreds of years.<br /><br />The history of water's movement across the land was fascinating to me as I walked along. Beach grass, sand, growing vegetation and wood dragged and dropped by tides all formed a textured landscape and a record of movement.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SQjvjV0ap_c/T8X37gpytfI/AAAAAAAAFUo/9Z6CcgDq20Y/s1600/photo-734909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SQjvjV0ap_c/T8X37gpytfI/AAAAAAAAFUo/9Z6CcgDq20Y/s400/photo-734909.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Texture - what texture!</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I guess my mind was on bricolage and patterns - as usual.<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7M8Oh-9CoQ/T8X5y27LDmI/AAAAAAAAFUw/7MzQt36e2y4/s1600/boat+and+buoy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7M8Oh-9CoQ/T8X5y27LDmI/AAAAAAAAFUw/7MzQt36e2y4/s400/boat+and+buoy.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the breakwater side of the inn. The breakwater is the long line<br />at the top of the photo</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Well, I had better get moving because today I'm teaching my first workshop on Wax and Bricolage. Everything is ready to roll but I have to fire up the griddles and get that wax a-meltin'.<br /><br />More latah!</div>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-62487533671183401602012-05-12T22:12:00.001-04:002012-05-12T22:12:18.259-04:00Countdown to The ConferencePostcards have arrived and labels have been printed and attached. (Surprising even me - and I did it.) Somehow I managed to fit all those shows on the back and still keep within the mailing guidelines mandated by the Post Office. Yes, it does make the back of the card look strange if it doesn't have a label on it, but it leaves room for notes such as, "Make sure to buy that big red one!" and stuff like that.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz54MglURq8/T63SyP4OQGI/AAAAAAAAFRE/PymORp9VDKI/s1600/Postmortem+front+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz54MglURq8/T63SyP4OQGI/AAAAAAAAFRE/PymORp9VDKI/s400/Postmortem+front+for+blog.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />So here's the front. This image is of a new piece called <i>Postmortem </i>made just from packaging, tacks and encaustic on a panel. I am showing it at The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown in the Conference Presenters' Show. You'll see all the show details on the back of the card below. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M970wwdMLOY/T63TV4NmopI/AAAAAAAAFRM/fVw_m5e-XCk/s1600/Natale_Postmortem+back+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M970wwdMLOY/T63TV4NmopI/AAAAAAAAFRM/fVw_m5e-XCk/s400/Natale_Postmortem+back+for+blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />Here is the card back listing the five shows in which my work will be shown during the conference (and after). &nbsp;These five are just part of the incredible lineup of shows that Joanne Mattera and Cherie Mittenthal have put together to make a giant encaustic extravanganza in Provincetown from end May and into June.<br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mlsxABAejrw/T68XQO-JB_I/AAAAAAAAFRg/FPAnOQC_zpk/s1600/Postmortem+72.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mlsxABAejrw/T68XQO-JB_I/AAAAAAAAFRg/FPAnOQC_zpk/s400/Postmortem+72.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a better view of Postmortem (click to enlarge)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />You can see the whole lineup of shows <a href="http://encausticconference.blogspot.com/2011/08/exhibitions-and-more-exhibitions.html">here</a>. The purple dots on the map below and on the conference blog are the galleries that will be showing work in encaustic. All the openings are on Friday night, June 1st, except the two shows at Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro which open on Thursday night, May 31st.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fb3ZDg14rPc/T63VIFWFXkI/AAAAAAAAFRU/pTzCQKcEb_Q/s1600/Ptown+map.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fb3ZDg14rPc/T63VIFWFXkI/AAAAAAAAFRU/pTzCQKcEb_Q/s400/Ptown+map.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I'm showing the map here, but if you go to the Encaustic Conference blog using the link above or <a href="http://encausticconference.blogspot.com/2011/08/exhibitions-and-more-exhibitions.html">here</a>, you can enlarge it and actually see the street names where the galleries are located. There are two shows at the Provincetown Inn, two shows at Castle Hill and 12 shows in commercial galleries throughout Provincetown. Wow!<br /><br />Excitement is mounting as we all complete our preparations. I am going to Provincetown early to teach a workshop before the conference begins, to deliver work to various shows and to hang a show. I'll be posting more details and pictures as the countdown proceeds. Once my trip begins, I'll be live blogging on the way and then covering all the fun day by day. (Unless I'm having too much fun - which has been known to happen.)<br /><br />Oh, the thrills and chills ahead!Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-80406042195173535882012-04-30T10:28:00.000-04:002012-04-30T10:30:27.535-04:00New Work for a New GalleryI am pleased to announce that some of my new work is moving West to Park City, Utah. The <a href="http://www.meyergallery.com/">Meyer Gallery</a>, established in 1965 in Park City and located in the former First Bank of Utah Building, will be receiving this week nine works in my Running Stitch series. Here are a few of them. (Click on the image to get a bigger view.)<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LpQPCyQesME/T56ac3bJXYI/AAAAAAAAFOU/G2xWJK9D-II/s1600/Natale_Mario's_Song_180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LpQPCyQesME/T56ac3bJXYI/AAAAAAAAFOU/G2xWJK9D-II/s400/Natale_Mario's_Song_180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mario's Song</i>, 2012, mixed media (including pieces from record albums) plus tacks and<br />encaustic on panel, 14" x 14" x 1.5"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bID8nLyoKv0/T56a0o89e1I/AAAAAAAAFOc/Sx2ZjiUHe-0/s1600/Natale_Carmen's_Eyes_180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bID8nLyoKv0/T56a0o89e1I/AAAAAAAAFOc/Sx2ZjiUHe-0/s400/Natale_Carmen's_Eyes_180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Carmen's Eyes</i>, same description and size as above.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />You can see that I really got into the naming from record albums thing. Of course these works also include book parts, painted paper and cardboard, treated metal and who knows what-all.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I2NNZ8MvVM/T56bSlhXurI/AAAAAAAAFOk/8jOiPxU5J7Q/s1600/Natale_Artur's_Ivories_180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1I2NNZ8MvVM/T56bSlhXurI/AAAAAAAAFOk/8jOiPxU5J7Q/s400/Natale_Artur's_Ivories_180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Artur's Ivories</i>, 2012, mixed media with tacks and encaustic on panel, 12" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ouFMmG9lakA/T56bhAdzaXI/AAAAAAAAFOs/-y_6sRnHVnY/s1600/Natale_Nicholas's_Stories_180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ouFMmG9lakA/T56bhAdzaXI/AAAAAAAAFOs/-y_6sRnHVnY/s400/Natale_Nicholas's_Stories_180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nicholas's Stories</i>, 2012, materials same as above, also 12" x 12"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I am also sending some larger works that I have shown in this blog previously, and here are a couple more:<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L9XXGpCbq-g/T56cAHbcxaI/AAAAAAAAFO0/pmCIg-fabfM/s1600/Natale_Rubbery_Stripes_180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L9XXGpCbq-g/T56cAHbcxaI/AAAAAAAAFO0/pmCIg-fabfM/s400/Natale_Rubbery_Stripes_180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rubbery Stripes</i>, 2012, painted paper and cardboard, rubber, treated metal, <br />book parts,pieces from record albums, tacks and <br />encaustic on panel, 24" x 24" x 1.5"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zi9-QeMuC28/T56casGfFLI/AAAAAAAAFO8/jOvPHR-zl34/s1600/Natale_Divided_Stripes_180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zi9-QeMuC28/T56casGfFLI/AAAAAAAAFO8/jOvPHR-zl34/s400/Natale_Divided_Stripes_180.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Divided Stripes, 2012, painted paper and cardboard, rubber, treated metal, <br />book parts,tacks and encaustic on panel, 24" x 24" x 1.5"</td></tr></tbody></table><br />That last one may look familiar if you've been paying attention. I have reworked an older piece and made it brand new. Isn't that just what artists do?<br /><br />So if your're out there in Utah for the summer activities such as hiking, swimming and other water sports, resorting at the three big resorts there, visiting or whatever, I hope you will stop by Meyer Gallery and take a look. Here's a <a href="http://www.utah.com/parkcity/">link </a>to Park City that tells about some of the attractions. You may know it as the site of the <a href="http://www.utah.com/parkcity/sundance.htm">Sundance Film Festival</a> and of major skiing and snowboarding activity. It's also home to the Kimball Art Center which will be constructing <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/196160/kimball-art-center-big/">a major new building</a>, as seen below:<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AknonIEYmBE/T56fVzI1dhI/AAAAAAAAFPI/8_KEXzZ6tMw/s1600/kimball+art+ctr+BIG+design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AknonIEYmBE/T56fVzI1dhI/AAAAAAAAFPI/8_KEXzZ6tMw/s400/kimball+art+ctr+BIG+design.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Kimball Art Center, as designed by competition winners, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In case you can't quite imagine how this unusual structure would fit in, here's a rendering of the building in situ with the rest of Main Street:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnCk3ZRNyEI/T56gJ5dvUvI/AAAAAAAAFPQ/GckxU4UJn2Q/s1600/Kimball+art+ctr+in+loco.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnCk3ZRNyEI/T56gJ5dvUvI/AAAAAAAAFPQ/GckxU4UJn2Q/s400/Kimball+art+ctr+in+loco.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />I hope that my work will make a contribution to the other fine work shown by Meyer Gallery and that collectors will throng to purchase it - but of course!<br /><br />Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-49331229073396842772012-04-23T16:17:00.006-04:002012-04-23T16:20:20.141-04:00More New York ShowsEver wish you had a secretary? Having been one in years gone by, I sure wish I did so that I could lean back in my chair, put my feet on the desk and dictate this post to someone with a steno pad on her knee. Ah, those were the days! Must be the Mad Men influence.<br /><br />Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes. In Chelsea running over to Blank Space on West 25th Street to see Debra Ramsay's <a href="http://www.blankspaceart.com/current.htm">show</a>, <i>Desire Lines</i>.<br /><br />The title of Debra's show refers to a landscape architecture term for the paths that people take through a landscape regardless of which path they were <i>meant </i>to take. This heedless traffic results in visible pathways, usually the quickest routes between desired points, that circumvent intended control or restrictions. (Note that many of the images will expand if you click on them.)<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-15KXALb51os/T5Sq3hgSrMI/AAAAAAAAFMs/pRCUvtRtCRw/s1600/Week+One.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-15KXALb51os/T5Sq3hgSrMI/AAAAAAAAFMs/pRCUvtRtCRw/s400/Week+One.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debra Ramsay, <i>Week One</i>, 2012, wax on panel, 6" square</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />In the same way, Debra's recent paintings at Blank Space are based on a predetermined system of mark making that retains control to a certain point but then allows accident and chance to take over. The works above and below are from the "Pouring Over Time" series. Here is Debra's program for these paintings as quoted from the show's press release:<br /><br />"For the 'Pouring Over Time' series, Ramsay developed a methodology based on a fixed linear constant: time. Each panel is divided into six columns, representing the two-digit numerals of the month, day, and year of the painting's title. Those numbers determine the number of times a line of poured wax will start in that column, thereby encoding the date in the painting. The starting point of each poured line retains the hard edge determined by the original division. Ramsay allows the effect of gravity on the molten wax to direct the quality of the line, and this new line creates its own representation of the time of its making."<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FD7iA91xtQw/T5SuiaVQgmI/AAAAAAAAFM0/mv7F5WM7K8Y/s1600/Cruel+Desire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FD7iA91xtQw/T5SuiaVQgmI/AAAAAAAAFM0/mv7F5WM7K8Y/s400/Cruel+Desire.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debra Ramsay, <i>Cruel Desire</i>, 2012, wax on panel, 12" square</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The beautiful, saturated color in these works really stood out as contrasted with the graphite and white palette of Debra's wax and eggshell works also in the show.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TkP6rMFvAWs/T5SvVtJegdI/AAAAAAAAFM8/0UaAYkC7MjA/s1600/Gratitude+for+Agnes+Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TkP6rMFvAWs/T5SvVtJegdI/AAAAAAAAFM8/0UaAYkC7MjA/s400/Gratitude+for+Agnes+Martin.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debra Ramsay, <i>Gratitude for Agnes Martin</i>, 2012, wax on panel, 12" square</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>On the other hand, there were also lovely pale greys and taupes such as the soft palette of this work just above. This coloration was taken from Agnes Martin's painting, <i>Gratitude,</i> and the painting encodes<i>&nbsp;t</i>he date of Martin's birth in pink, the date of her death in grey.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the <a href="http://www.blankspaceart.com/dr_pr.htm">link </a>to Debra's press release on the Blank Space site that describes the show in detail. <i>Desire Lines</i> is up until May 19th so there is still plenty of time to see it. Go, go!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">Reed Danziger at McKenzie Fine Art</span></b></div><div>Right across the hall from Blank Space, <a href="http://www.mckenziefineart.com/exhib/Danziger2012exhb.html">McKenzie Fine Art</a> had a great show of paintings by Reed Danziger. This work was as complex and layered as Debra's work was pared back and reduced to essentials. All three of us (if you recall it was Greg Wright, Binnie Birstein and me) just loved the work even though our own work ranges all over the map.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WH1IE7sXqnk/T5S9R1cG9GI/AAAAAAAAFNE/S4V8W8azpPU/s1600/Danziger-Angles+of+a+Particle+Phase+E.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WH1IE7sXqnk/T5S9R1cG9GI/AAAAAAAAFNE/S4V8W8azpPU/s400/Danziger-Angles+of+a+Particle+Phase+E.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reed Danziger, <i>Angles of a Particle, Phase E</i>, 2012, 20" x 20", mixed media on paper mounted on wood</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>These works were painted with a delicacy and fineness of detail that compounds their expressive movement and dense accumulations of marks. There is such a lot to absorb in the masses of marks centered on the scumbled and stained backdrops, but they feel perfectly balanced and uncrowded. Here's what the artist said about them:</div><div><br /></div>"In this latest group of paintings, I've continued to explore the shift towards greater abstraction through color and movement. The new work is more celestial, and the forms less clearly describe organic structures; rather they feel like the sum of entire universes. The particles that define these galaxies merge and shift, expanding and contracting, and each disruption reveals an ever increasing unpredictability. As the paintings progress, what is complex and what is simple becomes relative and continues to change with time. The tension I often feel when making the paintings is reflected in the cosmic chaos captured in each piece. As I continue to explore the folding and flexing of these abstract worlds, I allow myself to be more and more consumed by the random bursts of energy defined by the unique gravity of these paintings."<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfvotUCRC2M/T5TAmH4uF4I/AAAAAAAAFNU/0rA_3aqATyI/s1600/A+Differential+Coherence.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfvotUCRC2M/T5TAmH4uF4I/AAAAAAAAFNU/0rA_3aqATyI/s400/A+Differential+Coherence.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reed Danziger, <i>A Differential Coherence</i>, 2012, 36" x 36," mixed media on paper mounted on wood<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9BKYVX-rIuc/T5TBA4xaJBI/AAAAAAAAFNc/iJq8WqIg9KQ/s1600/A+Second+Order+Reaction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="397" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9BKYVX-rIuc/T5TBA4xaJBI/AAAAAAAAFNc/iJq8WqIg9KQ/s400/A+Second+Order+Reaction.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reed Danziger, A Second Order Reaction, 2012, 36" x 36,"&nbsp;mixed media on paper mounted on wood</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This show is only up until April 28th so you have one more week to get there. Worth the trip!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">Catherine Lee, Galerie Lelong</span></b></div><div>As we strolled down West 26th Street, we saw some interesting paintings when we looked into <a href="http://www.galerielelong.com/exhibition_works/424">Galerie Lelong</a>. These glowing, gridded works are painted with repetitive brushstrokes that are meant to mark the passage of time.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--kZ-OKnbEOI/T5TEzswO_yI/AAAAAAAAFNk/T7-ZdLg7kl0/s1600/gl_8646_-_chocolate_cadmium_quanta_21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="393" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--kZ-OKnbEOI/T5TEzswO_yI/AAAAAAAAFNk/T7-ZdLg7kl0/s400/gl_8646_-_chocolate_cadmium_quanta_21.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine Lee, <i>Chocolate Cadmium (Quanta #21)</i>, 2012, 54" x 54", oil on canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>For example, in <i>Chocolate Cadmium</i>, the underpainting is a chocolate brown and the grid on the surface is cadmium red. However, you can see the color variation of each square in the grid that gives the work its feeling of being lit from behind. Each square is painted with a separate brushstroke, meaning that smaller grids are painted with smaller brushes and so on.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDrjQWzA6Oc/T5TFuHLOo-I/AAAAAAAAFNs/17s1HJBb4tM/s1600/gl_8648_-_like_the_bright_sky_all_fired_upon_quanta_24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDrjQWzA6Oc/T5TFuHLOo-I/AAAAAAAAFNs/17s1HJBb4tM/s400/gl_8648_-_like_the_bright_sky_all_fired_upon_quanta_24.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine Lee, <i>Like the Bright Sky All Fired Upon (Quanta #24)</i>, 2012, 30" x 30", oil on canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Here's a description of the work from the gallery's press release:</div><br />" The exhibition and series’ title, Quanta, takes its name from the physics term that refers to a discrete quantity of radiant energy. Each individual square on the canvas’s grid releases its own unit of light and color, resulting in an overall dynamism. In Tottenheads (2011), Prussian blue peeks out from under the foreground of supple squares of cadmium red, thrusting the red towards the viewer. Lee sees painting as a ritual act and each square on the canvas as binding a relationship between her and the individual painting. The titles are often drawn from the artist’s own poetry, adding another personal element to the work."<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wZsemXYSa8s/T5TGsoUkwSI/AAAAAAAAFN0/6YCR71cxsAc/s1600/gl_8634_-_act_three_scene_iv_quanta_31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wZsemXYSa8s/T5TGsoUkwSI/AAAAAAAAFN0/6YCR71cxsAc/s400/gl_8634_-_act_three_scene_iv_quanta_31.jpg" width="397" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catherine Lee, <i>Act III, Scene IV (Quanta #31)</i>, 2012, 8" x 8", oil on canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The blue pieces were my favorite because they really were exceptionally glowing. When we asked the price for this 8" x 8" piece, however, we were astounded. I won't even mention how astronomical it was. I guess if you had to ask...</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">Lush Geometry at DM Contemporary</span></b></div><div>Finally, after a long slog to East 29th and Park, we arrived at <a href="http://www.dmcontemporary.com/exhibitions/lush-geometry/intro.html">DM Contemporary</a>, our ultimate destination and true motivation for the New York trip, the opening of <i>Lush Geometry</i> featuring our guru, &nbsp;mentor and friend, Joanne Mattera.<br /><br /><i>Lush Geometry</i> is a show of work by five artists: <a href="http://www.stevenbaris.com/">Steven Baris</a>, <a href="http://richardbottwin.com/">Richard Bottwin</a>, <a href="http://www.carolefreyszgutierrez.net/">Carole Freysz Gutierrez</a>, <a href="http://joannemattera.com/">Joanne Mattera</a> and <a href="http://www.louisepsloane.com/">Louise P. Sloane</a>. The standouts for me (and my pals) were Joanne and Steven. I have given the website links for each of the artists so you can see what their work is like, and I'll just include here three of Joanne's five <i>Diamond Life</i> paintings that were in the show. I'm sure that Joanne will be writing more about the show as a whole on her <a href="http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0bLg5Auj7eg/T5VasaDG4WI/AAAAAAAAFN8/5oHOIQZKI7M/s1600/Diamond+Life+18-+2012-22.5x22.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0bLg5Auj7eg/T5VasaDG4WI/AAAAAAAAFN8/5oHOIQZKI7M/s400/Diamond+Life+18-+2012-22.5x22.5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joanne Mattera, <i>Diamond Life 18</i>, 2012, 22.5" x 22.5", encaustic on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br />This subtly-colored beauty includes unpigmented wax with a pale metallic so that the diamonds seem to appear and disappear depending how light strikes the piece. The bisecting horizontal lines seem to ground the verticality of the diamond-shaped panel and add a counterpoint to the grid of diamond shapes. Brushstrokes on the surface of the wax add physicality to the work and show the artist's touch on the sensuous and "lush" surface.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kyRPJVcq0xk/T5Vc5S5HpbI/AAAAAAAAFOE/0E83VXr4hpw/s1600/Diamond+Life+20-2012-22.5+x+22.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kyRPJVcq0xk/T5Vc5S5HpbI/AAAAAAAAFOE/0E83VXr4hpw/s400/Diamond+Life+20-2012-22.5+x+22.5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joanne Mattera, <i>Diamond Life 20</i>, 2012, 22.5" x 22.5", encaustic on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9vHaZGghiI/T5Viv2lRs6I/AAAAAAAAFOM/4bjzwqRef7s/s1600/Diamond+Life+21-+2012-22.5+x+22.5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d9vHaZGghiI/T5Viv2lRs6I/AAAAAAAAFOM/4bjzwqRef7s/s400/Diamond+Life+21-+2012-22.5+x+22.5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joanne Mattera, <i>Diamond Life 21</i>, 2012, 22.5" x 22.5", encaustic on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />Here is Joanne's statement about the work:<br /><br />"For the past year or so, I have been turning my square panels diagonally so that they become diamonds, a shape that both punches into the space around it and rests in perfect equipoise en pointe. Within that diamond field is a formal arrangement of attenuated diamonds bisected horizontally so that the surface appears almost faceted. In a largely monochromatic palette, light hits the diagonal grain so that structure and pattern are pronounced. For the paintings in Lush Geometry at DM Contemporary (<a href="http://www.dmcontemporary.com/exhibitions/lush-geometry/intro.html">http://www.dmcontemporary.com/exhibitions/lush-geometry/intro.html</a>) I upped the ante with iridescence and the shimmer of metallic. The color, though mutable, is more luminous."</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #990000;">The End of a Perfect Day</span></b></div><div>We had a great time at the lively, crowded and very noisy opening at DM Contemporary and enjoyed seeing friends and meeting new people. We capped the evening with a great and inexpensive dinner at a Thai restaurant right down the street and had a fun ride back to Connecticut chatting, dishing and laughing all the way home.</div>Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9064353933668888339.post-31411486515970343362012-04-21T23:25:00.000-04:002012-04-22T02:23:51.436-04:00Looking Quickly But DeeplyYesterday was a treat for me when I emerged from working so hard in the studio to make a road trip with my friend <a href="http://www.artgw.com/">Greg Wright</a> for a couple of art visits. It's always worthwhile to come up for air and get enthused by looking at some great work.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Martin Kline, <i>Romantic Nature</i></span></b><br />Our first stop was the Martin Kline Retrospective at the <a href="http://www.nbmaa.org/">New Britain Museum of American Art</a> in New Britain, Connecticut. I have seem images of Kline's work in Joanne Mattera's <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823002837/wwwjoannematt-20">The Art of Encaustic Painting</a></i>, but this was the first time I saw his work in person. Unfortunately, photography was not permitted so the images here are taken from <a href="http://www.martinjkline.com/">Kline's website</a>. However, it's impossible to appreciate the beauty and skill of his work unless you see it in person.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i2UTwDKjFo0/T5NjlVzmZGI/AAAAAAAAFL4/wsfOo0KV7LE/s1600/martin-kline_Intimate+Universe+Revisited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i2UTwDKjFo0/T5NjlVzmZGI/AAAAAAAAFL4/wsfOo0KV7LE/s400/martin-kline_Intimate+Universe+Revisited.jpg" width="388" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martin Kline, <i>Intimate Universe Revisited</i>, 2010, &nbsp;48" x 48" x 4", encaustic on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Kline's show, <i>Romantic Nature</i>, includes about 75 works, mostly paintings in encaustic. Many of the pieces are absolutely spectacular. There is one tall vertical piece at the entrance to the show painted in a metallic silver or aluminum that appears to be a waterfall of threads falling from the top of the painting and cascading down its length. Greg and I were absolutely in love with it. For artists who paint in encaustic, this show is a must see because we can appreciate the technical skill involved but also how Kline is able to employ that skill in creating truly beautiful works that speak to his fascination with the natural world.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U8Fn0Mcrna0/T5Nl5n63KEI/AAAAAAAAFMA/rpVr3T62rwE/s1600/martin-kline_Eros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U8Fn0Mcrna0/T5Nl5n63KEI/AAAAAAAAFMA/rpVr3T62rwE/s400/martin-kline_Eros.jpg" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martin Kline, <i>Eros</i>, 2010, 48" x 48" x 4", encaustic on panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />We enjoyed seeing how Kline is not hung up on making precious works but lets drops and spots of paint stay where they landed surrounding the works and on the edges of panels. Greg and I were unsure that we could let such "blemishes" remain, but they do serve to let viewers into the process of painting -- a messy and often uncontrollable business no matter how much skill you have.<br /><br />Also really great were Kline's sculptures cast from wax paintings. Even more than the cast parts, I loved the bases and supports that Kline left apparently just as they came from the casting process, with no smoothing of rough edges or manipulating into "art." This rawness contrasted with the skillful building up of was forms was very effective and I thought gave the works an African appearance -- and you know how much that appeals to me!<br /><br />The museum was selling Kline's book <i>Romantic Nature</i> in the gift shop for $50 or in a special slipcase for $100. It's also available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Kline-Romantic-Barbara-Rose/dp/1555953484">Amazon </a>for less. If you can't go to the show, you should at least get the book. We were also very pleased to see Joanne Mattera's book prominently displayed right next to Kline's.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">The Missing Link</span></b><br />No, of course I'm not saying that Binnie is part of homo sapiens' evolutionary history; I'm just indicating that Greg and I had to link up with <a href="http://binniebirstein.com/">Binnie Birstein</a>, our arting pal, before making the trek into New York City. Binnie has just moved to Old Greenwich, CT so that was our next stop, and then the three of us entrained.<br /><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">A Pop-In to Chelsea</span></b><br />Our ultimate destination was the opening of "Lush Geometry" at <a href="http://www.dmcontemporary.com/">DM Contemporary</a> at 29th and Park Avenue, but we detoured first to Chelsea for a quick look at a couple of shows.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zpD5Crhzs8M/T5NtuJMjm5I/AAAAAAAAFMI/mk6yh0izzJo/s1600/Lloyd+Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zpD5Crhzs8M/T5NtuJMjm5I/AAAAAAAAFMI/mk6yh0izzJo/s400/Lloyd+Martin.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Studio shot of Lloyd Martin's <i>Mettere </i>paintings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="color: #990000;">Lloyd Martin at Stephen Haller Gallery</span></b><br />After trudging all those long Chelsea blocks over to 26th Street, we made it to <a href="http://www.stephenhallergallery.com/exhibition.html">Stephen Haller's</a> to see Lloyd's show, <i>Mettere </i>(Italian for "put" or "place." Although none of us have ever met him, we felt we knew him somewhat because of his interview on <a href="http://lynettehaggard.blogspot.com/2011/08/lloyd-martin-providence-ri.html">Lynette Haggard's blog</a>. (And by the way, Lynette was supposed to be the fourth member of our little art gang, but could'nt get off work.)<br /><br />We enjoyed seeing Lloyd's work in person. These pieces seem to be much less about horizontal movement and more about smaller rectangular areas brought into the flow and appearing to move forward or backward in space.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6C6FZUhMxJs/T5NwSTXhanI/AAAAAAAAFMQ/XNFmFzzHJME/s1600/LM10-large+mete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6C6FZUhMxJs/T5NwSTXhanI/AAAAAAAAFMQ/XNFmFzzHJME/s400/LM10-large+mete.jpg" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lloyd Martin, <i>Large Mete</i>, 2010, 84" x 42", oil &amp; mixed media on canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Here are two pieces I liked particularly - <i>Large Mete</i>, above - and <i>Shim Series (5)</i> below.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S_dYBMzpxl8/T5NwyfXTlsI/AAAAAAAAFMY/p-EnHPAgdpw/s1600/LM12+Shim+Series+(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S_dYBMzpxl8/T5NwyfXTlsI/AAAAAAAAFMY/p-EnHPAgdpw/s320/LM12+Shim+Series+(5).jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lloyd Martin, Shim Series (5), 24" x &nbsp;24", oil &amp; mixed media on canvas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><b>To Be Continued</b></span><br />Uh-oh. I thought this would be a quick post with just a few mentions but instead it's turned into a book. I have to go watch one of my guilty pleasures (America's Next Top Model - which Bonnie is telling me I shouldn't admit to, but what the hey), so I'll continue to post some art highlights tomorrow.Nancy Natalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.com1